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common
Luna Moth
Actias luna
- Habitat
- Forests of eastern North America
- Wingspan
- 115 mm
- Order
- Lepidoptera · Saturniidae
Weird but real
Adults have no mouths and cannot eat. They live just one week to mate, then die.
Why it's cool
Pale mint-green silk wings with long curling tails. Looks like something that flew out of a dream into your porchlight.
