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Hi – We live in the mountains of East Tennessee and have 4 girls who are bug crazy! We snapped a couple of pictures of some of the colorful moths that we find outside our door almost daily. I never realized how beautiful moths could be until we moved here. We really enjoy seeing who has come to visit and thought we’d pass our pictures along to you. If you could tell us what types of moths these are we would love to know. We get a ton of the pink & yellow fellows but this was the first time we had seen one of the green moths. We think it looks just like the moth in the Lunesta commercial! lol!All the best,
Libby Edwardson (and Grace, Hattie, Mabel & Essie)

Dear Libby, Grace, Hattie, Mabel & Essie
Both of your moths are Saturnid or Giant Silk Moths. The pink moth is a Rosy Maple Moth, Dryocampa rubicunda. The Green Moth is a Luna Moth, Actias luna. We suspect it was chosen for the Lunesta mascot because of its name which means Moon Moth. Perhaps, the name Lunesta was coined after selecting the moth as the mascot. Only the advertisers know for sure.

Thanks so much for the reply and for giving us names to put with our moths. We think your site is great and we will definitely be bookmarking it for future reference! I thought that Lunesta moth looked just like our guy. I said to my husband last night “That’s our moth!” when the commercial came on! lol! Pretty neat. All the best,
Libby & co.

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