Saturniid Moth

amazing !

Nice moth.

Fantastic Spotting!

It is beautiful, You found it in Costa Rica. (90 km northwest of San José) In the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna. Pura Vida!!

What a fantastic-looking moth !-love the patterns on the wings ..

A fantastic moth! Welcome to Project Noah! Could you add this to my mission, "Moths of the World?" Thank you very much! http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8841449

Oh wow!

Wonderful series Jon! Welcome to the community!

I would imagine this moth has just emerged from its cocoon and has only just started pumping fluid into its wing veins to expand the wings - a process that can take a number of hours

JonBenach, did you see the moth fly? Something is different about this Moth, it's wings. How does it flies, with such short wings and large head and body? Some pictures of this moth I looked at have normal much larger wings down to most of the abdomen/back. Just curious about it.. : )

Saturniidae, Hemileucinae, Cerodirphia avenata.