big moth can't fly wut should i do?

[JimmyG1971]

Yeah its a Polyphemus moth without a doubt! It was still perfectly capable of flight, but they need to warm their flight muscles first for a couple of minutes. When they are warming their flight muscles they appear to vibrate their whole bodies.

I know this post is over 15 years old, LOL but I just found a polyphemus moth that I thought was dying until I just read your post. It was flapping its wings and would fall to the ground like a leaf. I put it in my hand and walked out in the sun and in under a minute it started vibrating really fast and eventually flew away. Pretty cool. Thanks for posting !