Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Silk Moth

Description:

Brownish-purple wings, silky body, 13 cm wingspan. Seems to be a female.

Habitat:

This is a capulín, a tree that lives in our backyard. This is a semi desertic area

Notes:

Showing just on time for moth week!

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 a year ago

These are Incredible Moths! Thanks for sharing.

sumnavari
sumnavari a year ago

You can see some cocoons on this tree

sumnavari
Spotted by
sumnavari

León, Guanajuato, Mexico

Spotted on Jul 29, 2022
Submitted on Jul 29, 2022

Spotted for Mission

Related Spottings

Silk moth Tussar Silk Moth Luna Moth Japanese Silk Moth (cocoon)

Nearby Spottings

Spotting Spotting Spotting Spotting
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team