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badural Canterbury, CT Jun 14, 2008

I spied these butterflys mating at our home in Canterbury, CT, but I haven't been able to find anything online that looks like this, especially with the striped red/white body. Does anyone know what species this is?

Thanks!

Lori

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 14, 2008

They are Ceanothus Silk Moths, Hyalophora euryalus:

http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/lepidopt/saturn/He/He.htm

They're beautiful!

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 14, 2008

Fly girl, isn't that strictly a west-coast species? I think they're Cecropia Moths, Hyalophora cecropia

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Jun 14, 2008

Oops, you're right Mike, they are cecropia, thanks.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jun 14, 2008

I always have to look them up because there's yet another very similar species, H. columbia, but I don't remember anyone posting pics here yet.
Anyway, those are spectacular moths, a male and female.


http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/40/

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4624/bgpage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia

http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3281

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badural Canterbury, CT Jun 16, 2008

Thank you! This has inspired me to learn the difference between moths and butterflies!

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