This is a male Atlas moth. They can have a wingspan of a foot (wingtip to wingtip). The females will emerge from their cocoon and attract a mate using pheromones. Males will track down a waiting female using their feather-like antenna as amazing and selective radar. They will mate and the female will then fly off to lay over 100 eggs on various trees in tropical Asia, where it is from. When at rest, the elongated wingtips would stick out from foliage and give the appearance of a snake. In case t

A beautiful, chunky, Cecropia Moth, North America's largest native moth. #MothsMatter Hyalophora cecropia, a member of the family Saturniidae, or giant silk moths has been documented with a wingspan over seven inches (160 mm)! (Vid imgr JosiaHGR) www.butterfly-conservation.org | Butterfly Conservation