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Sloe Emperor Moth

Saturnia spini

Photo by Dr.Sarancha
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Field Notes

Description:

It has a wingspan of 55–90 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June in one generation. The larvae feed on Prunus spinosa, Rosa, Crataegus, Ulmus, Alnus, Salix, Populus and Malus in Europe. In Turkey and the Crimea it shows a preference for spiny members of the rose family.

Notes:

The new 2014 butterfly season in Croatia is open!!! We are ON AIR again!!! with this gorgeous moth!

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Saturnia spini

Species ID Suggestions

Sloe Emperor Moth

Saturnia spini

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Comments (4)
bayucca
Saturnidae, Saturninae, Saturnini, Saturnia spini. http://www.pyrgus.de/Saturnia_spini.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnia_spini

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PublishedMarch 31, 2014

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