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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) » Attacini » Hyalophora » Ceanothus Silkmoth - Hodges#7770 (Hyalophora euryalus) » Hyalophora euryalus kasloensis
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Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)?? - Hyalophora euryalus - female
Copyright © 2013 Randy James

Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia)?? - Hyalophora euryalus - Female
Shalalth, British Columbia, Canada
May 11, 2013
Size: around 2.5 inches high
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Contributed by Randy James on 11 May, 2013 - 2:06am

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… David J. Ferguson, 11 May, 2013 - 2:26am login or register to post comments

a close relative
Cecropia Moths do not occur in that region, but the similar Ceanothus Silk Moth does.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 May, 2013 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

 
interesting
It is the first time I have seen anything that looks like this. I have seen other large moths but never one this big.
… Randy James, 11 May, 2013 - 2:29am login or register to post comments

 
it is a female
they only live a very few days..ate lay eggs and die..beautiful
… Edna Woodward, 11 May, 2013 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

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