The Giant Atlas Moth- ( 8 - 9 inch wingspan)~ ! by kimariehere
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Description
Hello All!!!
This guy is the biggest insect I had ever seen!! Its a monster- lol and even bigger than that luna moth ...
heres a little info on him!:
These creatures have the largest wing span area of any moth, The Atlas Moth (Attacus Atlas) is named accordingly because of the patterns that resemble maps on their enormous wings. Also on their wings are small, triangular `windows'. We have yet to understand why these transparent sections exist and what purpose they serve. The tips of these wings resemble the heads of snakes, so as to scare of predators, which consist of small mammals and birds.
The female Atlas Moth secretes a pheromone from a gland on her abdomen to attract the male. The females utilize the wind to spread their `love scent' for up to three miles. These moths can lay both fertilized and unfertilized eggs. The unfertilized eggs will hatch to be male moths only. The eggs are laid on the underside of a leaf and hatch within eight to fourteen days, depending on the temperature and/or climate. Upon hatching, a small green caterpillar emerges. These have been described as pale green, speckled with white dots, and having sets of both dorsal and subdorsal green spines. The caterpillars eat constantly and a variety of leafs including the Jamaican Cherry Tree, Soursop, Cinnamon, Lime, Pomelo, Rambutan, Guava, and other varieties of citrus fruit leaves. Eventually the caterpillars form pupae. These are encased with a pliable, silken cocoon. This stage of development lasts roughly four weeks. From the cocoon spouts a fully-grown Atlas Moth. These adult moths are mainly nocturnal, and are readily attracted to artificial light. During this adult stage, these moths do no eat but rather feed of the fat deposits stored up from the caterpillar stage. The average life span of the Atlas Moth is two weeks. During this short period of time the adults quickly mate, lay eggs and eventually die.
Since their insect family is related to that of silk worms, the moth's broken cocoons and silk strands are used to produce what is known as Fagara Silk. Intact and slightly scarred cocoons are harvested and used whole as coin purses.
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Thanks for your time and comments !!
Love to all!!
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♥ ~ KImmers :O) !!!
Comments (69)
npauling
What super shots of this huge moth and thank you for the information as I haven't seen any as big as this. They have wonderful markings on them as well.
Gwyn Tyger
this is beautiful beyond compare
annie5
I'm impressed with this insect..beautiful macro shots and thanks for the info! Great work :)
jonbg1
Gorgeous creature... too bad it didn't land on your daughter's nose. :P
Leeco
Now that is an impressively colored and full grown moth, lol. Great collage. An excellent series of shots. Thanks for sharing. Lee
evielouise
Well you gave me a lot of information now if I can just remember it lol interesting and a great capture indeed!!
jocko500
this is wonderful looking . never saw one before.
Denys234
Awesome captures!!
gunsan
You say it is a monster, but your images talk about great beauty.
childoflightdesigns
Beautiful , as all your work is !
babuci
What a lucky find, this b"fly is huge. Very nice collage you made up.
sharky_
Big with beautiful colors. Fantastic capture. Aloha
Gor111
Oh thanks for this fascinating photgraphy series! This atlas moth has got almost the same size of a Swiss eagle! LOL What an interesting description you have posted here!!!
mapps
Very beautiful :-)
romanceworks
Wow - what an amazing creature and great shots! 'Spreading your love scent on the wind' ... I like that.:o) CC
RodolfoCiminelli
Awesome and fantastic realization my friend.....!!!!
huismus
Great shots, stunning macro work . I like the colors also. What an insect indeed.
busi2ness
Fantastic collage and presentation, well cropped and arranged.
tofi
Wow! Beautifully arranged and layed out! I love the various angles you have captured here for us to see. The colours are absolutely stunning, havn't seen anything like it before! You've made this insect into a beautiful little creature.... Terrific captures!
DefKisum
WOW Kimmers!!!! Amazing shots of this beautiful Animal. :o)
Janiss
Brilliant idea for this sublim composition!
Hawk23
Although a life of being wanted for sex actually appeals to me pleeease don't let me come back a Giant Atlas Moth, only 2 week life span????, how sad for such a beautiful creature. Well taken and great postwork. Also thanks for the info :-)
Littlejock
Great subject and super amazing colours and huge butty. Excellent pic
emailandthings
huge indeed! OMG.. how many posts!!
2Loose2Trek
Awesome shots Kimmers and thanks for the info. I've never seen this variety of moth before. Excellent!!!
frankie96
Great images..and interesting dialogue...
mark.spooner
Lovely work.
Richardphotos
with out doubt your best macro and collage. exceptional quality all the way. I am happy that you were able to see this huge moth and be able to share it with the world.
Starlift
Absolutely wonderful images!!!
soffy
Fantastic shots of these beautiful Moths,very beautiful Kim,thanks for sharing this and the interesting info***** :)