Royal Walnut Moth - fuzzy face!

Royal Walnut Moth. Found this beauty outside of my office in July 2015.

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Leslie Lewis

Bull Frog

Royal Walnut Moth. Found this beauty outside of my office in July 2015. Posted 7 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

A warm welcome to JungleDragon, Leslie. Awesome that you already figured out how to identify species, quite impressive. And a first species intro, way to go! Posted 7 years ago
1. Stuart
  
  Lion
  
  I'm just waiting for Leslie to upload some pictures of something completely awesome! I'll not spoil the surprise but they look like aliens!! Posted 7 years ago
2. Leslie Lewis
  
  Bull Frog
  
  Thank you very much! Im lucky- my office has giant flood lights so every summer, we get so many awesome bugs! Going to try and upload all the shots in the next few days. Posted 7 years ago
3. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Cool, looking forward to it :)
    
    If you're into moths, @Ant is a great member to follow:
    
    Ant Marriott
    
    He uses moth traps. Here's a list of his collection:
    http://www.jungledragon.com/list/323/british_moths.html Posted 7 years ago, modified 7 years ago

The Regal Moth

The regal moth, also called the royal walnut moth, is a North American moth in the saturniidae family. The caterpillars are called hickory horned devils. The adult has a wingspan of 3.75-6.1 in.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Leslie Lewis

By Leslie Lewis

Uploaded Nov 10, 2015. Captured Jul 8, 2015 18:17.

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