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Glover's Silkmoth

Hyalophora gloveri

Description:

Another large Silk Moth. Close to a 5 inch wingspan.

Habitat:

This moth was found in a shrubby areas of the prairies.

Notes:

My first North American Silk Moth.

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7 Comments

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 10 years ago

wow! Fantastic and congratulations!

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Congrats Ian, your spotting is featured in the Project Noah blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/5644164...

Carol Snow Milne 2
Carol Snow Milne 2 11 years ago

WOW! This reminds me of a combo of female Promethea and Cecropia Moth. Very cool. Lovely! I don't think this is native to my area of PA.

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Gorgeous! Amazing color and pattern!
I hope I can spot this moth myself someday...

Cindy Mead
Cindy Mead 11 years ago

what a beautiful species

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fantastic!

YurianaMartínez
YurianaMartínez 11 years ago

beautifull!!!

ianmaton
Spotted by
ianmaton

Alberta, Canada

Spotted on May 18, 2012
Submitted on Aug 4, 2012

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