Images of large brown moths. 1787 large brown moth stock photos are available royalty free. Moth identification becomes easy seeing a striking white winged moth covered in circles. 119683368 brown big butterfly on burdock flower. This guy had been flying around for a while so has a little damage on his wings.
Examples of a large moth in my other galleries my moth galleries especially my sphinx moths if it is not there check these for other big moths. Add to likebox 103726952 macro photography of moth fly isolated on white background with. A large brown and red rust furry moth called a promethea silkmoth is resting on the stalk of a attacus atlas large saturniid moth flying pose isolated on white background 3d illustration. Large brown owl moth.
Moths are flying insects in the order of lepidoptera which is also the same order to which butterflies belong. Both the larvae and the adult are striking and unmistakeable once familiar with it. The wing size of an atlas moth measures between 98 and 118 inches with the surface area extending to almost 400 square cm. There are over 160000 recorded species of moths across the globe with around 11000 of these being found in the united states and around 2500 being found in the united kingdom.
Large brown and red promethea silkmoth moth on milkweed plant in. It is one of the worlds largest moths based on wing surface area. A large brown owl moth isolated on a white background. Silk moths or sphinx moths or underwings or carpenterworms the cecropia is the largest moth in north america.
For the last couple of years a google search on large moths or large moth results in this as near the top site so welcome. Even the moths that are brown have intricate patterns and incredible camouflage. Cinnabar moth tyria jacobaeae this is a large and pretty moth about 3 4cm in size. Download brown moth stock photos.
A large brown and red rust furry moth. Attacus atlas large saturniid moth flying pose isolated on white. They have a distinct yellow brown mustard ocherous hue on their body and a red orange hair tuft on their. After reading about the really large moths hearing about a moth that has close to a five inch wing span brings some perspective.
This is an incredibly large saturniid moth that is widely prevalent in the forests of asia. The moth is rather small compared to other species meaning only seven millimeters in length and a wingspan of nine to 16 millimeters. More so these moths can also be found in food especially grains stored away in cabinets. Moths are often dismissed as brown and dull but many species are actually bright and colourful.
There are burnet moths with black and red wings tiger moths with beautiful bold patterns and hawk moths that can be as large as your hand.