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Cecropia silkmoth
Hyalophora cecropia
34.2257, -77.9447
Field Notes
Description:
Body is red with a white collar and white bands on the abdomen. Wings are dark brown with white hairlike scales giving a frosted appearance; forewings are red at the base. Crescent spots and the area outside the postmedian line are red on all wings.
Habitat:
Lives in many places Range: Nova Scotia and Maine south to Florida; west across southern Canada and the eastern United States to the Rocky Mountains.
Notes:
This pregnant moth tried to lay eggs on my front doorstep! I moved her into some bushes quickly, hopefully those eggs do okay. She was huge!
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMay 17, 2011
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