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Atlas Moth

Attacus atlas

1 Species ID Suggestions

Lorquin's Atlas Moth
Attacus lorquini http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/kwalorquini.htm


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7 Comments

RianBernal
RianBernal 9 years ago

indeed, nataliav1 :)

RianBernal
RianBernal 12 years ago

i think it's that big (more or less). it's bigger than my palm. i'll label it as Atlas Moth. i can edit it again if our ID is wrong :D

sia_ky
sia_ky 12 years ago

If it's an Atlas moth, it should have a 12-inch wingspan, give or take... it's the biggest kind of moth, you see. Anyway, good luck!

RianBernal
RianBernal 12 years ago

oh! it looks similar to Atlas moth indeed. i'll ask my teacher to confirm this ID :)

sia_ky
sia_ky 12 years ago

I'm not sure but it looks similar to the Atlas moth.

RianBernal
RianBernal 12 years ago

i think those patterns are used for species identification. i hope someone could identify this :D

sia_ky
sia_ky 12 years ago

Nice pattern on the wings!

RianBernal
Spotted by
RianBernal

Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines

Spotted on Sep 14, 2010
Submitted on Apr 23, 2011

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