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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) » Silkmoths (Saturniinae) » Saturniini » Actias » Luna Moth - Hodges#7758 (Actias luna)
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Luna moth hanging around in field - Actias luna
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

Luna moth hanging around in field - Actias luna
Fairfield/Central Maine, Somerset County, Maine, USA
June 19, 2013
I found this Luna moth clinging to a plant stalk next to a cluster of brown spheres (maybe eggs???)

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Contributed by James Reben on 19 June, 2013 - 5:41pm
Last updated 14 December, 2013 - 2:39pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 14 December, 2013 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

What kind of plant stalk?
I have raised Luna Moths many years ago but forgot how its eggs looked, but according to this image they are brown at the time of hatching, whether also when fresh is another question. However, I can't make out from your photo whether the "stalks" were of a shrub or tree where I would expect the moth to deposit eggs on. Somehow they don't look like that to me.
… Peter Homann, 21 June, 2013 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
plant stalk
boy, I really don't know. It was a grassy/weedy plant near the wooded perimeter of a large meadow. Came out with a few ticks so I won't be in there again soon. Big meadow, just stumbled upon the moth, probably can't find the same place...
… James Reben, 21 June, 2013 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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