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Luna Moth

Actias luna

Description:

About 3 inches long - attracted to porch light.

Habitat:

We are next to the river at the edge of woods and open pasture

Notes:

Have only seen this at night.

2 Species ID Suggestions

Luna Moth
Actias luna Actias luna
tsmith4510
tsmith4510 13 years ago
Luna moth


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3 Comments

JungleLoveMamasita
JungleLoveMamasita 12 years ago

So perfect, it looks fake.

gobospring
gobospring 12 years ago

Thanks for the ID!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Looks brand new hatched.

gobospring
Spotted by
gobospring

Virginia, USA

Spotted on Apr 27, 2011
Submitted on Apr 29, 2011

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