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Cecropia moth! - Hyalophora cecropia - female

Cecropia moth! - Hyalophora cecropia - Female
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 25, 2012
Size: 7 in. wingspan
Recently eclosed! I think it is a female. It has a wingspan of over six inches!! The most beautiful moth I have ever seen.

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