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moth large like luna but brown, orange, yellow (Royal Walnut or Regal moth)

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moth large like luna but brown, orange, yellow (Royal Walnut or Regal moth)
by: Anonymous

Now in New Jersey also.
Regal moth
by: Moni

Danielle
Thanks for letting it go. The reason it clung to your pants was that most moths are nocturnal and only want to fly at night. They do not see well to fly during the day.
Wow
by: Danielle

Saw one of these this morning on a car. Thought it was beautiful but it flew off before I could get a pic. Oh well...a few miles down the road I looked down and it almost scared me to death! lol It was hanging on my pants leg! I got a pic of it then, before I pulled over at a gas station and set it free. It didn't want to let go, guess it liked me! :)
Found one in Mississippi as well
by: Anonymous

Found one of these last night here in southern Mississippi, didn't know what the heck it was never saw anything like it before, thanks to this website I now know.
Royal Walnut or Regal moth
by: Moni

Annie
You are quite fortunate to find a Regal or 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.
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 bright lights at night.
The females are larger than males. So your pic shows the female on the right and male on left. They are opposite the iron bar so they either finished or have not started mating. For mating one is usually headed one direction while the other headed the other direction with the tail ends together.
Thanks for the great photo showing the size of male and female. Since there is only one other photo in Bugguide of a pair of these moths you might consider adding your photo to Bugguide site! It directs you on how to do that.
Here are a couple of websites to look at with your daughter if you wish.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=3334
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3559/bgimage
1/4 size of the luna
by: Anonymous

found one of these in the Smoky Mountains of NC... very large for a moth, but i have also had Luna Moths here... and it's only about 1/4 the size of a luna. striking colors.
LARGE MOTH-BROWN, ORANGE, YELLOW
by: Tracey

Spotted the same type of moth today here in Missouri.

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