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Argema mittrei
The male has a wingspan of twenty centimeters (8") and a tail span of fifteen centimeters (6"), making it one of the world's largest silk moths. They don't feed and only live 4 or 5 days.
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Saw this moth at the campground at Ranomafana national park. One day it was alive, the next day dead. Many large moths don't feed and only live for less than a week.
50 Comments (1–25)
I do so want to see one!
Arg i missed this one ! Extraordinary Dan.
Very impressive moth!
wow ! its stunning
Huge and amazing!!!
Amazing!!!
Thanks Mayra!
Wonderful!
Thanks Telse!
Beautiful!
Thank again Reiko. There are a lot of amazing moths on Noah, that's for sure. There are about 160,000 species of moth in the world.
This creature is absolutely beautiful. Thank you very much.
I saw so many different kinds of moths through Project Noah.
Would you know how many different kinds of moths in this world?
Thanks Atul and Thank you patty. I always enjoy your comments. It does have amazingly long tails. I'm glad I can keep surprising you.
What a wonderful moth Dandoucette! I had never imagined moths could have such a long tail; it is beautiful because of it and its nice color. There are so many amazing things around and your spottings always surprise me; it is like an artistic point of view of nature =)
superb series!
Thanks de.monick, eulalia and Carol. Hahaha Carol, it was a great adventure, better than the movie!
Beautiful.
Oh, so so beautiful! U are so fortunate. What a great adventure you had in Madagascar. (Not the movie, the book by Dan.) LOL
Beautiful...
Yup, it's in the book Carol, full page, thanks and thanks Jolly, sorry I missed that one.
Is this in your book. Say yes! Awesome!
Very nice spotting.
Thanks Sandra, Silje and jgorneau. That may be jgorneau but I have yet to spot Actias luna. I've just seen many on Noah.
I think you've got Actias luna beat here!
Oh my, that's an Amazing creature! :D