Photos . . .
Hi Everyone,
I really enjoy your website. I realize that you already have several examples of the Imperial Moth posted. However, I am attaching two photos I took a couple of days ago. My wife spied this beautiful creature asleep during the heat of the day in a small evergreen that sits right outside our bedroom window. She rushed into the house and had me grab the camera and take some shots. This moth has a wingspan nearly four inches and his markings and coloration are nearly impeccable. My family have really enjoyed these pictures and thought that others would like to see them as well. Hope you like them as much as we do. Sincerely,
Jim Green
Enterprise, Alabama
Hi Jim,
This is probably the best, most detailed image we have ever received of an Imperial Moth.
¶ Posted 29 July 2007 § ‡ ° Pink
Found this beautiful pink and yellow fuzzy moth just spreading it’s wet wings for the first time last night 7/28/07. It’s caterpillar body was bright lemon skin yellow. Would love to identify it! We live in south-central PA. Can you help? I saw another one on your caterpillar list from another "Ellen" in central PA. It looked very much like ours. Have you identified that one??
Ellen D.
Hi Ellen,
This little beauty is a Rosy Maple Moth.
¶ Posted 29 July 2007 § ‡ ° Silk Moth ID
Can you tell me the name of this silk moth? Photographed in Bee County, southern part of Texas. Thanks,
Charles W. Melton
Hi Charles,
This resembles a Columbia Silkmoth more than anything else to us. You are so close to Mexico, it might be a species or subspecies from south of the border. We will try to contact Bill Oehlke to see if he can provide an answer.
Correction:
Daniel,
It is a Saturniidae, Eupackardia calleta. Can you let me know which county.
Bill Oehlke
¶ Posted 27 July 2007 § ‡ ° moths
Dear Bugman,
I live in Fukushima, Japan and found this poor moth stuck to fly paper outside my apartment this morning (the landlord tacks fly paper next to every fluorescent light for misguided reasons). I freed him without harming him and he flew away, but can you tell me if he was in fact a luna moth like I suspect? Sure looks like one, but I thought they were endemic to North America, not Japan. …
(the) Brian Adler
Dear The Brian,
This is Actias artemis, a close relative and look-alike of Actias luna, the American Luna Moth. Actias artemis is native to Japan as well as Korea, China, India and Malaysia.
Thank You For Your Site
Hey, Thank you for having such a great site. I did a search on "identifying insects," and came across your site only to find the answer to my question half way down the first page. Luna Moth The picture I took is attached. It was taken along a Golf Course in Hampton VA on July 20, 2007. Thanks again,
Anthony A. Paluzzi
Hi Anthony,
Thanks so much for sending us your photo. We are also happy that our site was helpful in your search.
Regal Moth?
Hello bugman,
first of all i think your website is awesome. I found this moth (I think it is a Regal moth) at work right after i got off last night(July 15th) I live in Seymour, Tennessee, and i work just 5 minutes down the road. Anyway, I hope you can use this picture! God Bless!
Michael Davis
Hi Michael,
You are correct. The Regal Moth is also known as the Royal Walnut Moth.
¶ Posted 15 July 2007 § ‡ ° Mystery Moth
Hi!
I found your site after scouring the internet for an identification of a moth I found that stunned itself running into my window. I live in Mariposa County in California about 25 miles from Yosemite National Park. This..not so little..guy is really fuzzy and has bright orange non-fuzzy stripes on his body. Its the second one I’ve seen in two days. Any information you could provide would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!
Charity
Hi Charity,
This is a Pandora Moth, Coloradia pandora. It is a male judging by the antennae. There are five images on BugGuide, and all are from Klickitat County, Washington, USA. Curious about what caused some naturalist of yore to name this lovely moth after that mythical she who unleashed countless plagues upon our planet upon opening the proverbial “Pandora’s Box”, we continued to web search. The Butterflies and Moths of North America site has addtional information and lists this as the Pandora Pinemoth. Additional research led us to Wikipedia, which had this information: “It is native to the western United States. The larvae of the Pandora Moth feed on the foliage of several species of pine trees, including the lodgepole ,Jeffrey , and ponderosa pines. The larvae populations sometimes reach high enough levels to cause severe defoliation; such outbreaks have occurred in northern Arizona , central Oregon , and southern California . The Paiute people in California’s Owens Valley and Mono Lake areas harvest, prepare, and store the Pinemoth larvae (which they call piuga ) as a preferred food. This has brought the natives into conflict with the United States Forest Service , which has sought to control Pinemoth populations through the use of insecticides.” There is no information on Conservapedia, a fascinating site we just read about that has a glaring lack of information on the Praying Mantis as well. HMMMMM. What’s That Bug just might try to contribute that much needed article to the conservative rebuttal of the heathen scientific information on Wikipedia, though somehow we think our sense of humor might not be appreciated there.
ceanothus silk moth
This can’t be a Ceanothus as for I live in Ontario Canada, away from it suggested territory. But it doesn’t look like a Spice Bush either. Please help. To pretty to keep, so after the picture I released him. Love your site.
Bob from Ancaster , Ontario, Canada.
Hi Bob,
You are on the right track, but you posed your question before looking at other members in the same genus. This is a Cecropia Moth, Hyalophora cecropia.
¶ Posted 11 July 2007 § ‡ ° 
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