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yellow moth - Eacles imperialis
Copyright © 2008 Stacy Bosarge

yellow moth - Eacles imperialis
Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, USA
May 20, 2006
Size: 4 inch wing span
I took a picture of this guy at night after I thought it was a huge bat trying to get into my house through the window. I was new to Alabama and it scared me to death, I got up the courage to outside and take a picture and it was a some type of giant moth, sorry about the picture being so small, I lost alot of my pictures due to a bad computer and it is the biggest I have
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Contributed by Stacy Bosarge on 2 July, 2008 - 11:38pm
Last updated 4 July, 2008 - 5:17pm

Eacles imperialis
my very favorite moth, as it's the one who got me into taking pictures of moths and butterflies.
… Nina, 3 July, 2008 - 9:55am login or register to post comments

 
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Did some reading up on these guys and apparently this one is a male due to the Large patches of purple, Females are bigger and mostly yellow
… Stacy Bosarge, 3 July, 2008 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Stacy, here's the info from B
Stacy, here's the info from BG:
Identification
Adult: wings yellow, variably spotted and shaded with pinkish, orangish, or purplish-brown; male more heavily marked than female, especially in the south
[adapted from description by Charles Covell]

Pine Imperial Moth (subspecies E. i. pini) occurs from southern Quebec and northern Vermont to northern Michigan and western Ontario; the adult is smaller than nominate subspecies, with more pink spots on forewing, plus strong PM line on underside of hindwing, and the larva feeds only on pine - especially White Pine (Pinus strobus)
Texas Imperial Moth (subspecies E. i. nobilis) occurs in southeastern Texas; one-third of the adult population is completely shaded with pinkish-brown
[adapted from text by Charles Covell]
… Nina, 3 July, 2008 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

Imperial Moth
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4757
… Jebus31, 2 July, 2008 - 11:41pm login or register to post comments

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