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Callosamia promethea
Family: Saturniidae, Subfamily: Saturniinae (Giant Silkworm Moths) Also called Promethea Moth. WS 75-95 mm. Male - Sexually dimorphic. Males have blackish wings with cream-colored band beyond ST line. Irregularly shaped pale reniform spots mark all wings. Pale border of HW is accented with a row of blackish bars. Adults do not eat. Hosts: Deciduous trees and shrubs including cherry, maple, spicebush, apple.
Woodlands - Found on back deck before nightfall right before 6 p.m. (No light was on)
Spotted on Jun 29, 2013
Submitted on Jun 30, 2013
7 Comments
Fascinating :)
This one looked newly emerged! The woods isn't far from the deck. It was behaving as if still drying its wings. I saw 3 last year, but this was especially black!
Beautiful.
Beautiful!
Regal moth!
Gorgeous!
What a beautiful moth, Carol!