There’s a Cecropia moth hangin’ out at my house.

The moth is my last blog was identified by

merrilymarylee

Thanks! I do, indeed, think it was a Cecropia Moth, also referred to as a Wild Saturniid Silk Moth, hangin’ out on my front door last week. The thick moth body had the peculiar line of black dots within larger white dots running along each side. The antennae didn’t seem large enough for a male, and the body was quite swollen… so, I’d guess that it was a female with eggs. Have those eggs been deposited on one of our many maple leaves? My moth had the coloration of a robin, a reddish brown.

We’ve often seen Luna Moths on summer evenings. Their green is almost fluorescent. One evening a Luna Moth landed on the screen of our bedroom window, stretching it’s wings to it’s full 5-6″ width. It was ghostly and alien looking, and we were in awe. The Luna Moth is part of the same family of Saturniid Silk Moths. How amazing that we have these large, elegant beauties sharing our piece of land!