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It is a tropical Saturniid moth and a close relative of the Eri Silk Moth ...
Spotted by Boyet Tayag Presco for NMW 2015.
Photo is not that much clear but i was wanted to know which species is this.
About 70 mm wingspan, collected from my residence. Temperate climate, mixed ...
Originally native from East Asia, introduced during silk production in Europe, ...
The Ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia) is a ...
A very tiny velvety egg with just 1.5 to 2 mm diameter.
A silken off-white to grey cocoon with reddish ends is spun on the leaves of ...
I came across this butterfly (or moth) one day in the aisle outside my office ...
Its wingspan was approximately 5 inches or 12.5 cm.
Is this an Atlas Moth? Quite big, wing span around 18-20 cm. Found it at the ...
One big moth about 110 mm wingspan. Domesticated moth's larvae makes cocoons, ...
The Ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia) is a ...
Larvae are gregarious and yellow at first. Later instars are solitary, and ...
The Ailanthus silkmoth (Samia cynthia) is a ...
These are red berries that are hanging from a tree near more berries. There are ...
This is a yellow flower that has a patch of brown in the middle. It had a few ...
This is a brown mushroom. One or two other mushrooms were on the same tree.
This flat, red flower has four triangular petals, and a yellowish square in the ...
This purple flower is about three inches long, with green low-growing foilage.
This flower has red T-shaped blooms with dark green satiny foliage.
This is a yellow flower, about two inches wide, with four leaf-like petals.
to July.
The larvae feed on Phlomis species, including Phlomis