The cecropia moth is even larger — some are six inches across — and patterned like a medieval tapestry. The underrated beauty of moths 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z
Perhaps the most interesting of these caterpillars are the big native silk-worms, like those of the cecropia moth, the luna moth, the polyphemus moth, or the promethia moth. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911
Have you ever watched a cecropia moth when it crawls out of its dull gray prison of chrysalis? Jewel Weed