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uncommon
Cecropia Moth
Hyalophora cecropia
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and suburbs across eastern North America
- Wingspan
- 150 mm
- Order
- Lepidoptera · Saturniidae
Weird but real
The adult has no working mouthparts and never eats — it lives about two weeks purely to mate.
Why it's cool
North America's largest native moth: a hand-sized flurry of rust, cream and crescent moons that starves gorgeously for love.
