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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Royal Moths (Ceratocampinae) » Eacles » Imperial Moth - Hodges#7704 (Eacles imperialis)
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Yellow moth found in Daleville, Alabama - Eacles imperialis
Copyright © 2008 MJMagrath

Yellow moth found in Daleville, Alabama - Eacles imperialis
Daleville, Dale County, Alabama, USA
July 3, 2008
Size: About 2 inches?
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Contributed by MJMagrath on 3 July, 2008 - 5:04pm
Last updated 24 September, 2008 - 7:46pm

Moved
Moved from Eacles.
… Nina, 24 September, 2008 - 7:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths.
… Nina, 24 September, 2008 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Imperial Moth
see here in guide.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 3 July, 2008 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Hannah, does this one look to
Hannah, does this one look to be female based on being mostly yellow?
… Nina, 3 July, 2008 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

 
I think you're right
Not all our guide images are marked, but here's a male ( below left) and female (below right) to compare:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 4 July, 2008 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
It's a girl
She has deposited quite a lot of eggs all over the side of the house. :0)
… MJMagrath, 4 July, 2008 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Awesome!
I'm so jealous!!! I keep hoping to see another one of these at my home since it's such a gorgeous moth, and so big too. I did get a luna moth this season though, so I should be too envious, eh?
… Nina, 5 July, 2008 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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