Hyalophora cecropia (cecropia moth) is North America's largest native moth. It is a member of the Saturniidae family, or giant silk moths. Females with a wingspan of six inches (160 mm) or more have been documented. It is found as far west as California and north into the majority of Canadian provinces.
That’s awesome. I had no idea, this is the first time I’ve seen one. Its wings looked about as big as the palm of my hand.
Looks like a fish rearing its head to me…
Interesting perception of the wings!
Beautiful little guy!! It looks so fuzzy!
Truly, a beautiful lil' moth. And the photo itself is also nice :D
step on it
don't make posts like this
They’re so rude to the moth ;-;
this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2023
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