Big desert moth
Location: SW Idaho
December 14, 2011 5:27 pm
Found this large (3+ inches) moth? in Idaho’s Owyhee Mtns during early september and was curious. Pictures are poor (sorry) but hoped with such distinctive markings you may be able to help
Signature: Ty
Hi Ty,
Even with the poor foreground focus on the moth, this is unmistakeably an Elegant Sheep Moth, Hemileuca eglanterina, a highly variable species.