🦋📏 #Fact #AtlasMoth #LargestMoth #AttacusAtlas (at Bexhill, East Sussex) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBOq6Jchjky/?igshid=1glj2kg4tyjde

February 12, 2020: Atlas moth #atlasmoth #largestmoth #moth #cockrellbutterflycenter #houstonmuseumofnaturalscience #houston #texas #2020vision #hindsights2020 #leapyear #366photochallenge #366dayphotoproject #apictureaday #ramostfamous (at Cockrell Butterfly Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rqYlMB6fn/?igshid=14asmvsqz0in

Thysania agrippena, the White Witch is the largest moth in the world in terms of wing length. This Erebid moth is found throughout central and South America in the tropics. It's pretty spectacular. #thysania #thysaniaagrippina #whitewitch #moth #whitewitchmoth #erebidae #largestmoth #amazing #nature

Day 13: Cecropia Moths are the largest in Canada. I found one this summer and couldn't believe how large and how beautiful it was. You can't see it in this drawing, but the red on their wings is incredibly rich. Their cocoons are spun on branches. And, the silken cocoon of our giant silkmoths (cecropia, luna, polyphemus and others) can actually be used to make clothing, but are much more difficult to unravel than the cocoons of the Chinese silkworm moth, which produces virtually all commercial silks.