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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 » Cecropia Moth - Hodges#7767 (Hyalophora cecropia)
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Cecropia early 5th instar - Hyalophora cecropia
Copyright © 2013 Stephen Tapsak

Cecropia early 5th instar - Hyalophora cecropia
Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 26, 2013
Size: 60 mm. when stretched out
This guy molted today. Most of the others in his brood are sitting motionless; they are probably about to molt too. (Sorry the lighting is bad)

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Contributed by Stephen Tapsak on 6 July, 2013 - 1:12pm
Last updated 9 August, 2013 - 5:23pm

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