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Giant Silk MothsVery large moth
My daughter took this photograph two days ago in France. Can you identify it please. Thanking you in anticipation
Jane
Hi Jane,
This beauty is the Great Peacock Moth, Saturnia pyri. We located it on a site entitled Saturniidae of the Western Palaearctic which states this species is rare in Northern France.
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