Whoa! Officials are urging the public to keep an eye out for more.
reports a University of Washington professor found the moth, later identified as an Atlas moth, outside his garage in Bellevue on July 7.
According to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, entomologists believe it to be the first official finding of the pest in the U.S.
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