Atlas Moth
Location: Arusha Tanzania. November
March 26, 2012 4:20 am
Beautiful big moth,tattered, but very happy to sit on my hand-never seen the larvae but believe they are beautiful too.
Signature: Teena
Hi Teena,
This Giant Silkmoth is in the same family, Saturniidae, as the Atlas Moth, but it is a different species. It somewhat resembles Epiphora bauhinia which we found on http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/kwebauhinia.htm, but we believe you have a different species. We will contact Bill Oehlke to see what he can provide in the way of information.
Bill Oehlke provides an identification
Epiphora mythimnia male.
Do you have date and or location in Tanzania?
I would say Epiphora mythimnia.
Thank you Ryan,
We also got that identification from Bill Oehlke.