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Cecropia Moth

Hyalophora cecropia

Photo by susan.kirt3
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

West Chicago Prairie, DuPage Forest Preserve. Wet Prairie. Shortly after it emerged from the coccoon.

Notes:

Largest Moth in the United States.

Reference Links:

Hyalophora cecropia

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Comments (12)
KarenP
Well done! congrats. :)
michaeladamsparks
I am loving these prairie pictures. A huge prairie and plains person myself. Do you actually work on a restoration project?
Dale
Very nice pic! Zoomed in so much it looks to fat to fly :)
David
Beautiful shot - looks like it was still pumping up its wings. What a moment!
Isabela
Congratulations for this macro, Susan.
peter
Wow, crazy macro shot. The antennae are wild!

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