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Saw this guy at the gas station. Tried to give em a ride to somewhere prettier but they flew outta the car window. (I did this because I gave a moth a ride earlier this week and they sat politely until I brought them to the garden.)
What kinda guy is this? Thank you!
Moth ID:
Henlo, yesss, this is the Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis), family Saturniidae.
Eacles imperialis - Wikipedia
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Anonymous submitted: This beautiful moth landed on my window (Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Southeastern Brazil) while it rained, can you identify it? (Please remove my username from the post if you ever answer it, I'd like to not get doxxed please)
No probably, always happy to post things anonymously for people, or I can just remove locations. Anyhoo this lovely fella is an imperial moth!
Imperial Moth (Catepillar)
- my coworker found this catepillar! Ive seen imperial moths before, but never the larval form! Very ferocious looking...
Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis), Fishers Island, NY, July 2018.Â
With the spring semester at an end, and maintaining social isolation, I’m going through old photos that I haven’t uploaded or only uploaded to iNaturalist.Â
The coloration of imperial moths are believed to serve as a form of crypsis (camouflage), as the golden yellow and brown speckling pattern mimics the appearance of dead leaves when at rest. This species is somewhat sexually dimorphic, with the males appearing to have more abundant and darker speckling on their forewings than the females.Â
 As caterpillars, they feed on many deciduous trees, including basswood, birch, elm, hickory, locust, maple, oak, sassafras, sweetgum, sycamore, and walnut. They also can feed on evergreen trees like cypress, cedar, and pine. During my time in the Mid-Atlantic, they showed a preference for white pine and oak. The adults, in comparison do not feed, lasting for only a short time (a matter of 2-3 days) to find a mate. One generation in the eastern US, with adults by mid-summer, and eggs into August. Caterpillars overwinter as pupae in the soil.
#1400 -Â Eacles imperialis - Imperial Moth
Photo by a friend of mine, Bruce Griffin, in Warrensburg, Missouri. It’s not often I can ID a species from overseas, but a Saturniid this distinctive wasn’t TOO difficult. The colour and pattern is a surpisingly good match for a decomposing leaf
The diet of the caterpillars is unusually wide, including conifers like Norway Spruce, and deciduous trees and shrubs including oak, box elder, maples, sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), and sassafras. The pini subspecies feeds only on conifers, and the adults don’t feed at all.
Various subspecies are found from Argentina to Canada, and unsurprisingly it’s E. imperialis pini that’s found up at the northern end.
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grandpa found this big fella while we were on vacation. sitting perfectly still in the grass, but not dead. found near Dixon, IL.
Moth ID - IL, USA:
Hello yes, this is an Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis), family Saturniidae.
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis), male, family Saturniidae, Scott County, IN, USA
This is a particularly colorful individual.
photograph by Ronda Byers
Imperial Moth (Eacles imperialis), male, family Saturniidae, found in eastern North America, Central America, and eastern South America
photograph by Vanessa Verdecia
