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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) » Pine Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis pini)
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large moth - Eacles imperialis - female
Copyright © 2013 Tom Nicholson

large moth - Eacles imperialis - Female
Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
July 5, 2013
Size: approx. 3.5 inch
Moth on a 3 inch drain pipe. Early morning on side of house.
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Contributed by Tom Nicholson on 5 July, 2013 - 9:05am
Last updated 5 July, 2013 - 12:58pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Eacles imperialis pini, the northern "subspecies" of the widespread imperial moth. A female.
I cropped your image slightly.
… Ryan St Laurent, 5 July, 2013 - 12:58pm login or register to post comments

 
imperial moth
Thanks to all who replied.
The picture in my reference book is slightly different,
so I was not certain.
… Tom Nicholson, 5 July, 2013 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

 
pini
Female E. imperialis are somewhat different from the the males, which are usually pictured in reference books. Additionally, since this is pini, the coloration is still slightly different.
… Ryan St Laurent, 5 July, 2013 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Imperial moth
Looks like Eacles oslari
… DocFrootFly, 5 July, 2013 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

 
allways good
to check the range map oslari is in the southwest.
… Edna Woodward, 5 July, 2013 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Imperial Moth
Eacles imperialis here.
… Thomas Dawson Twining, 5 July, 2013 - 9:24am login or register to post comments

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