Photos by UFL.edu.

What a beauty! I am reminded that they have no digestive system, they don’t eat, so they only live a max of about 2 weeks as a moth, I understand. However, they do spend about 11 months as a caterpillar and all that other life cycle stuff prior to what we see in the video.

I believe as a caterpillar they look like this…

Hyalophora cecropia caterpillar.

Hyalophora cecropia video by UNILAD.

The Cecropia Moth

Cecropia moth — the largest native moth in North America 😳

Posted by UNILAD on Tuesday, June 27, 2017