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How wonderful to find your site!! I was searching for more information about the Luna Moth. I have a picture that I took back in Aug. 2005 that I treasure. It is hard to describe how excited one can get when you see something in your yard that is so incredibly awesome as this beauty. All you can think of is "GET the CAMERA" I did & I got several shots that bright sunny day In my quest to find info later, I learned what I had seen, and that it is a very rare sighting, so I felt especially fortunate indeed. But now that I have found your site; not only do I have more accurate info, [Thank you for that] but I see that you have "LOTS" of pictures during 2005 & 2006 So I guess my question is this- Just how ‘rare’ is rare and are these beautiful creatures perhaps increasing in population? Wouldn’t that be COOL ?!! Going to try again- maybe this time I will get it right when I send you the photo. [sending more angle shots from that day as well] Thank you for your time& patience.
Deborah Glenn
North Carolina

Hi Deborah,
Thank you for resending your photos. We have seen information listing the Luna Moth as endangered, but in a true sense, all life on the planet is endangered. Sightings on some years might be more rare than on other years, and recent years seem to have shown an increase in sightings, though that might be due to the ubiquity of the digital camera and the universal access to the internet. Nonetheless, your sighting is a wonderful event that you may never have a chance to repeat, so you have the photos to reinforce the memory.

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