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brown moth, orange yellow markings (Regal or Royal Walnut moth)

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Royal walnut moth
by: Moni

ANAN. GA Moth
They do not move much or fast in the first place, but while laying eggs they are focused :-)

Best to put the container of eggs out near a food source so the larvae have a chance to survive when they do hatch. In some places it is listed as a threatened species, so we need to do all we can to encourage their survival.
Larvae feed on leaves of ash, burning bush, butternut, cotton, gum, hickory, lilac, pecan, persimmon, sumac, sycamore, and walnut.
Adults do not feed.
females get dazed when laying eggs?
by: ANAN. GA Moth

I too found one that seemed kind of half dead and there were 4 eggs next to it, I brought it in and the next morning it had laid like 100 eggs, and was still kind of half dead, but the body seemed fresh and alive, I left the container on my patio earlier, just checked on her and she is getting friskier after birth
Royal Walnut moth
by: Moni

Thanks Diva and Taz for your concern,

Unfortunately with parking lots having large bright lights - the moths are drawn to these and therefore get disoriented and end up run over. It is very sad, it would be great if we could find lights that would not attract these big moths but that has not been found yet...and I do not see "us" turning off the lights!
rip royal walnut moth
by: diva and taz

we were walking through a parking lot when taz looked down and saw this huge beautiful but kinda creepy looking dead butterfly,well we picked it up and quickly saw that it was the strangest looking bug either of us had ever seen. It was much to interesting to leave in the street, so we brought her home and had to check the computer. The saddest thing was that after closer inspection we found that it was a female and there were eggs on her undercarriage just figured we would report our find. It would have been nice to have seen her flying around
Regal or Royal Walnut moth
by: Moni

Jenny
You are quite fortunate to find a Regal or also called a Royal Walnut Moth. This is one of the large silk moths in the family Saturnidae. The caterpillars are called Hickory Horned devils.
These moths are found in the eastern United States: New York to Florida, west to Texas and Nebraska and more common in the southern areas, more rare in the northern range...so in NE OH you are in the northern range!
Larvae feed on leaves of ash, butternut, cotton, gum, hickory, lilac, pecan, persimmon, sumac, sycamore, walnut.
Adults do not feed. Adults of this family are known to come to lights at night.
I am not sure from the photo if the antenna is feathery, if it is it is a male if not a female. Hope it finds its way back to the trees to lay eggs if it is a female.
Great find!

Regal or Royal Walnut moth
by: Anonymous

Jenny
You are quite fortunate to find a Regal or also called a Royal Walnut Moth. This is one of the large silk moths in the family Saturnidae. The caterpillars are called Hickory Horned devils.
These moths are found in the eastern United States: New York to Florida, west to Texas and Nebraska and more common in the southern areas, more rare in the northern range...so in NE OH you are in the northern range!
Larvae feed on leaves of ash, butternut, cotton, gum, hickory, lilac, pecan, persimmon, sumac, sycamore, walnut.
Adults do not feed. Adults of this family are known to come to lights at night.
I am not sure from the photo if the antenna is feathery, if it is it is a male if not a female. Hope it finds its way back to the trees to lay eggs if it is a female.
Great find!

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