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WOW!
IKR? I was so amazed, it was quite large!
Wowzaaaa!!!! Are they harmless?!
🙂 Their caterpillars munch various things, but since this is the first one I have ever seen, I’d say their presence in the landscape is minimal.
Delightful coloring Eliza, even in black and white. A lovely statement 😀❤️🙏
Thank you, Mark. She was a great beauty!
She most certainly looks it 🤗❤️🙏
What a beauty!
Thanks, Anne. I was truly in awe of this one!
Amazing! 😳🧡
Nature always surprises us with its gorgeous creatures!
Hi Eliza.
what a beautiful , beautiful creature!!
MJ
IKR? I was totally dazzled by it and took lots of photos. It didn’t seem to mind, pure royalty as she was!
Aww what a beauty Eliza, such a treat to see! 💛 xxx
Thank you, Xenia. I couldn’t believe my eyes! 🙂
That is quite beautiful! I love those markings.
Thanks, Cathy! I’ve never seen a moth so flamboyant!
That is so snazzy!!!!!
Truly! I was dazzled by it. 🤩
Gorgeous! Imagine looking that interesting! I read that the caterpillars have quite a varied appetite.
Thanks, Alice. I think it must have overwintered in the rock wall. Lucky the garter snake didn’t find it!
Very cool!!😎
It really was!
Wow! I’ve never seen one of those.
I was shocked at its size and beauty, it is definitely a ‘giant’ moth.
wow! I’ve never seen anything like that. So cool.
Me, neither, I was astounded by its size and beauty. I’d never seen one before.
I saw one of these once. So pretty.
Lucky you, Sherry, this was a first for me. They are gorgeous!
WOW! Did you see that at your house?? Stunning.
Yes, it was on the front stone wall, early evening. So beautiful, it was hard not to study it for hours, but the mosquitoes made me move on!
It has an interesting design on it. I always think nature makes great designs for fabric.
Nature-inspired design for sure! 🙂
Wow! I’ve never seen one before! What an amazing creature!
I was so surprised to see it on our stone wall. I’m glad it stuck around while I got my camera. 🙂
Beautiful photo! I’ve seen these in my garden too, though not for a long time.
Thanks, Tina. Apparently, they are common, but I’ve never seen one that I recall (and I’m old! 😉 )
Nice capture Eliza!
Thank you, Mike!
A very special gift from nature
An exciting find, for sure! 🙂
Holy cow…that’s quite the specimen.
It was a thrilling find! Closest thing to it in terms of wow factor is a cecropia or luna moth, which are twice as large. They are ‘tropical-sized!’
Whoa! Would ya look at that? It’s huuuuuuge!
It really was! You can bet I ran for my camera. It didn’t move during its photoshoot, vain thing! 😉
No kidding! And a good thing he was a vainglorious thing! (Good for us, too)
Yup!
How beautiful!
Thanks, Andrea. It was a work of art!
Amazing. It must be quite something to see one of these in flight.
I didn’t see it fly, but boy, what a big moth it was!
What an interesting creature! It looks like he/she was the product of a modern art project.
Indeed! With that coloring I’d think the only safe place for them would be a white birch, but looking them up they are considered ‘generalist’ in diet. I do recall coming across a caterpillar last year in the same area that looks like it could possibly have been this one. One remark was that leaving leaf litter in the fall encourages their success. Lazy gardener wins again! 😀
What a beautiful pattern it has! I’ve never seen one before.
A first for me as well, it was astonishing!
Awesome — I’ve never seen one of these!
Thanks, Debbie. Neither had I, it was surprisingly large, at least 2″!
Incredible! What amazing markings
It was, I’ve never seen anything like it!
What a beauty!
Thank you, Tanja, I must agree!
I’ve never seen one of these; what a beautiful creature, and what a find. The salt marsh moth caterpillars I so often find turn into a black and white moth as well, but they’re much smaller and not nearly so dramatic. I’m so glad this one posed for you, since it was a first sighting!
Remarkable it was! Funnily enough, in looking it up, I recognized the larva I saw last fall and set aside into the hedge, thinking it might be a significant adult. Boy, was it ever!
I thought this must be a rock before I enlarged it. Isn’t that something.
Definitely the biggest surprise in the garden this year!
Fun!
Now that is a big wow, Eliza. What a cool looking creature! 🙂
Thanks, Jane. I was fascinated and amazed by it!
Nice photographs, Eliza! What a beautiful creature! I don’t recall ever seeing one myself but my spouse photographed one too, just yesterday.
Thank you! Apparently, they are common, but perhaps we don’t see them because they are nocturnal? This one was awaiting darkness about an hour before sundown.
…the amazing diversity of nature, right in our own backyards. Even at my age and having tried to be somewhat observant all my life, the joy of still finding creatures I’ve not seen. 🙂
What a beauty! In terms of size and wing/body colour and pattern.
It looks like some exotic butterfly that is only found in the tropics. But of course, it’s a moth.
Nature continues to offer up amazement! 🙂
A beautiful moth – such amazing markings
Thank you. It was a wonderful sighting.
What a treat to see one of these beautiful moths!
Thanks, Rebecca, it was a marvel!
Wow! I’ve never seen anything like it!
Me neither! Pretty amazing. 🙂
First one for me. What pattern it has!
Isn’t it remarkable? Insect royalty! 😉
Wow, amazing.
Thanks, Rupali. Truly, it was!