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Small emperor moth ♀

Saturnia pavonia

Description:

5-6 cm wingspan.

Notes:

The commonest food plant is heather but it is feeding on a huge range of other plants too. The species overwinters as a pupa within a fibrous cocoon.

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Small emperor moth
Saturnia pavonia Saturnia pavonia - Wikipedia


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3 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 3 years ago

What a beauty! Love the eyespots!

Marek Koszorek
Marek Koszorek 3 years ago

Thanks ornithoptera80

Ornithoptera80
Ornithoptera80 3 years ago

What a spectacular moth.

Marek Koszorek
Spotted by
Marek Koszorek

województwo podkarpackie, Poland

Spotted on Apr 19, 2020
Submitted on Apr 19, 2020

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