#Hyalophora

[herpsandbirds]

Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), male, family Saturniidae, eastern United States

photgraph by Benjamin Salb

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

These chonkbeasts. Will. Not. Stop. Eating.

[pipunculidae]

HOLY SHIT !!!!!!!

[pterouras]

More photos of my beautiful boy! Sadly his wings didn’t form perfectly, but he can still fly just fine!

In fact he spewed some liquid from his rear and flew around when I picked him up which likely means he got scared. I got him to calm down thankfully, but he needs lots of energy for when he’ll fly off to find a mate so I hope he didn’t use up too much.

I’ll be keeping him for a night before releasing him tomorrow night. I still need a photo of the underside of his wings, but hopefully you enjoy these so far!

[vestaignis]

Павлиноглазка цекропия – самый красивый и самый крупный мотылек на нашей планете. 

Павлиноглазка цекропия (лат. Hyalophora cecropia) – самый крупный мотылек Северной Америки и один из самых ярко раскрашенных. Палитра оттенков, в которые окрашены эти обитательницы лесов и садов, напрямую зависит от температуры воздуха, при которой росли и развивались их личинки. Чем теплее стояли деньки, тем больше красных и бурых тонов можно увидеть на крылышках бабочки. В отличие от большинства павлиноглазок, на крыльях цекропий нет характерных для этого семейства маленьких полупрозрачных «окошек».

Жизнь взрослых павлиноглазок цекропий длится всего две недели и уходит на то, чтобы найти партнера, спариться и отложить яйца. Эти большие и яркие мотыльки созданы только для того, чтобы размножаться: у них полностью отсутствует пищеварительная система и нет ни малейших признаков рта или челюстей.

Массивные, с округлыми брюшками самки, чей размах крыльев достигает 160 мм, немного крупнее самцов, но не обладают такими роскошными антеннами, как их партнеры. Чтобы привлечь самца, самка выделяет феромоны, которые он способен уловить своими чувствительными антеннами даже на расстоянии полутора километров. Процесс спаривания у павлиноглазок цекропий длится целый день, от рассвета до заката. Спустя некоторое время самка откладывает около сотни светло-коричневых яиц на листьях кленов, берез или яблонь. Обычно в конце осени, пройдя четыре линьки, гусеницы цекропий, успевшие вырасти до 10-12 см, заворачиваются в кокон. В нем они окукливаются, проводят всю зиму и появляются на свет в первые теплые дни лета.

The Cecropia moth is the most beautiful and largest moth on our planet.

The Cecropia moth (lat. Hyalophora cecropia) is the largest moth in North America and one of the most brightly colored. The palette of colors in which these inhabitants of forests and gardens are colored directly depends on the air temperature at which their larvae grew and developed. The warmer the days were, the more red and brown tones can be seen on the butterfly's wings. Unlike most peacock eyes, cecropias do not have the small translucent "windows" typical of this family on their wings.

The life of adult Cecropia moths lasts only two weeks and is spent finding a partner, mating and laying eggs. These large and brightly colored moths are created only to reproduce: they have no digestive system at all and there is not the slightest sign of a mouth or jaws.

The massive, round-bellied females, whose wingspan reaches 160 mm, are slightly larger than the males, but do not have such luxurious antennae as their partners. To attract a male, the female secretes pheromones, which he can catch with his sensitive antennae even at a distance of one and a half kilometers. The mating process of cecropia moths lasts all day, from dawn to dusk. After some time, the female lays about a hundred light-brown eggs on the leaves of maples, birches or apple trees. Usually at the end of autumn, after four molts, cecropia caterpillars, which have managed to grow to 10-12 cm, wrap themselves in a cocoon. They pupate in it, spend the whole winter and emerge on the first warm days of summer.

Источник://t.me/+fxNu20lM26MwYzhi,/dzen.ru/a/ZoPryGLSGgtbMhVa, //photopole.ru/krasivye-kartinki/gialofora-kekropiya, /www. zoopicture.ru/pavlinoglazka-cekropia/, /animals.pibig.info/22943-pavlinoglazka-cekropija.html.

[phoenixtherobot]

Moth Mumbo or Warden Etho!

How about BOTH Moth Mumbo and warden Etho :D

(psst, I'm still accepting requests based off of this post so feel free send em in!)

[pallanophblargh]

I’m so blessed to meet this little lady, the first of my 7 cecropia caterpillars from last summer to emerge. I wasn’t counting on her to come so early! I’m hoping to find her a mate, but I don’t know how good her odds are in this neck of the woods. I found her mother in the suburbs about 5-7 miles from here, so I don’t know how many cecropia find their way close to the urban (but still residential) core.

For those wondering: she is every bit as soft as she looks and she sounds like a bird when she beats her wings. Also she has a strong smell; kinda like musty chocolate and old leaves.

If I am fortunate to get fertilized eggs out of this group, I would love to raise the next generation of caterpillars. They have brought me so much joy and I missed them so much during their long pupation.

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #215

Glover's Silkmoth

Hyalophora gloveri

From the saturniidae family. They have a wingspan of 80-100 mm. They inhabit woodland, suburban gardens and a variety of other wooded habitats. They can be found in the Rocky Mountain states, the western parts of the northern Great Plains, and the Canadian prairie provinces, north-west to at least central Alberta, and northern Mexico.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[thedawner]

Gunpowder.

This was a loose portrait for LittleNuibea on Twitter!

[sea-shanthis]

cecropia moth collage out of leaves. maple, oak, elm, and another type of leaf i don't know on cardboard with tacks.

[tytonidyke]

Tried pinning these cecropia moths…

[herpsandbirds]

Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), male, family Saturniidae, Ohio, USA

This individual was collected as a caterpillar, and released after emergence as an adult.

photograph by Luke Chapman

[angelnumber27]

hyalophora cecropia

[echolonely]

Cecropia Moth - Mothtober #24

This moth is the largest native specie of North America with up to 18cm wingspan! And it's the first member of the Saturnidae I drew this moth. As the adults don't feed, the moths live about 2 weeks. Apparently they're tasty because they've got a lot of predators: wasps, flies, squirrels, and some parasitic flies introduced to control invasive moth species are also harming them...

About the drawing

I went more blue than brownish for its wing, I don't know why. But it looks rather goof. This moth as so many different patterns and shapes, it was a difficult one to render but I learned a lot with it. I did a simple decor to compensate. I mean it looks intricate but it's faster to draw than some other decors I did.

[pterouras]

Moth #2!!! Also Hyalophora cecropia, and she’s a female!

I’ll be leaving her outside overnight and with luck, she’ll be able to attract and mate with a male, possibly mine! I am genuinely so excited about this and can’t wait for her wings to expand!

[heartnosekid]

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