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Moth ID Help?

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Posted by Jim DeWitt on June 25, 2017 at 11:41 AM

Mystery moth at Payette Lake in central Idaho. It's pretty big - those are 5.5 inch deck planks. Looked at on-line resources and couldn't find anything close.

Thanks for any help.

Posted by Toni Lankerd on June 25, 2017 at 3:22 PM

Jim,
I believe it is an Emperor Moth, from what I find in my search.....North America's largest moth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia

Nice find!!!

Posted by Jim DeWitt on June 26, 2017 at 12:29 PM

Thanks, Toni.

Jim