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Citheronia sepulcralis
Late afternoon spotting. Large, sturdy-looking moth, 2 inches long resting on a cinder block wall. BugGuide notes that this moth does not make a cocoon. Females lay eggs singly or in groups of 2-3 at base of pine needles. Caterpillar pupates in burrows in loose soil, and pupa overwinters in soil.
Another spotting:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/587...
Moth Photographers Group at MSU:
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.ed...
2 Comments
Thanks, Jacob. I think this spotting is when I began to understand how different two individuals of the same species could appear. I had seen another Pine Devil the week before, but it was smaller all over ... this one looks like a linebacker.
WOW! You are getting some good ones!