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Field Notes

Notes:

This's the first moth of this type - 'silk moth type' - that I've spotted, but was little surprised as it wasn't as large as I had expected it to be! Is it going to grow more?

Species ID Suggestions

Saturnidae

Cricula sp.
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam
1

Aśoka

C. andrei

Reference Link
Druenn
1

Comments (4)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks Karen for the info. Yes, nature do have many tricks up its sleep!
MrsPbio
Moths and butterflies do all their growing as caterpillars. Once they metamorphose into the adult, that's as big as they'll get. Saturniidae can have a wingspan of as small as 1 inch, or get as big as 12 inches (the Atlas Moth.) The average size is about 5-6 inch wingspan.

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PublishedMay 12, 2015

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