Luna moth (male) (Actias luna)

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Photo by KarenL

Published on Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

3" wingspan luna moth flapping about on our driveway seemingly unable to fly.

Habitat:

Semi rural

Reference Links:

File:Actias luna female sjh.JPG

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Comments (12)

KarenL

Thank you Sunny & Carol!

Carol Snow Milne

Wonderful!!

sunnyjosef

Wow!! Loved the perfect symmetry of this spotting!! Lovely find Karen..

KarenL

Thank you all for your kind comments! When I found him he appeared to be unable to fly so I'm guessing he was newly eclosed, which is why he is so vividly colored & in such good nick. I tried to relocate him to somewhere a little safer, but he got agitated when I tried to gently pick him up so I left him there. A couple of hours later I saw him on the side of a crate so he had managed to fly a little. In the morning he was gone, hopefully to pass on his genes to a new generation of these lovely moths!

LaurenZarate

An especially beautiful specimen.

Harsha Singh

Lovely! I haven't see any in such good condition here.

MacChristiansen

Nice one Karen

LuisStevens

Beautiful!

KarenL

Thank you Arya & Florian!

FlorianMeier

wow