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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) May 09, 2005

Found this in the yard today!

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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) May 09, 2005

Another shot

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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) May 09, 2005

The big finale!

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 10, 2005

What a lovely moth. It is a female Io Moth Automeris io http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/leplist/saturniidae.htm

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konkreteblond Burleson, TX(Zone 8a) May 10, 2005

Oh, how beautiful!! I've never seen a picture with their wings shut. I wouldn't have recognized it.

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salvia_lover Modi'in, Israel May 10, 2005

WOW! I'd never have recognized it either! I've always wished to attract those moths....well...that is, when I was in the States LOL

-Julie

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Kauai17 Leander, TX(Zone 8b) May 10, 2005

We didn't recognize it at first either, until we lightly tapped it and it opened it wings. We were mesmerized after that!!

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Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX(Zone 10a) May 10, 2005

They love clitoria vines for food and the vines grow fast enough that they don't hurt them. Don't touch the cats, they sting and it hurts(ask me how I know, lol)
That is a beautiful moth.

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