HERE<\/a>!<\/p>\nThe sole purpose of this adult stage is to mate and lay eggs. Adult moths cannot eat, so they will live for approximately two weeks unless they are eatern by a predator. We release them into the wild after dark to minimize the chances of them being seen.<\/p>\n
Other Common Names : Robin Moth<\/p>\n
Wingspan 110-150 mm<\/p>\n
Adult: wings dark brownish, grey or charcoal-black with red shading in basal area of forewing; discal spot crescent-shaped, red with whitish center on all wings; red shading beyond PM line on all wings [this last characteristic distinguishes H. cecropia<\/em> from H. columbia<\/em>, which has no red shading beyond PM line]<\/p>\nLarva: body very large, bright green or sea green with prominent dorsal knobs: thoracic knobs orange, abdominal ones yellow; sides of body with pale blue knobs; Columbia Silkmoth (H. columbia<\/em>) is very similar, but thoracic knobs red, abdominal knobs yellow-pink, knobs along sides more white than blue and set in black bases.<\/p>\nPopulations of this species can be found across most of continental North America east of the Rocky Mountains.<\/p>\n
from Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths<\/p>\n
By Charles V. Covell,\u00a0 Houghton Mifflin Company, 1984
\nISBN: 0-395-36100-1
\nUnfortunately, this excellent reference book is no longer in print. If you find it used, grab it!<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cecropia Moths are hatching at Morgan Outdoors! May 30, 2019 A friend bestowed us with several Cecropia cocoons so that we could enjoy watching them emerge as beautiful winged moths. It is a sight to behold. Stop in and perhaps one will be hatched. There’s more about the Cecropia Moth HERE! The sole purpose of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2297"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2301,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions\/2301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgan-outdoors.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}