Types of big moths. Most adult moths arent physically able to bite you. African armyworm spodoptera exempta a major agricultural pest in africa. These are the hybrid types that spread the moth species globally. It starts with the fact that atlas moths native species in indonesia rank as the worlds largest moths with a sing span approaching ten inches in length.
Luna moth can be found in eastern texas central florida eastern north dakota and nova scotia west to saskatchewan. And besides flying out of a place you dont expect and startling you many species of adult moths cant do much to harm you in other ways. Giant peacock moth saturnia pyri imperial moth eacles imperialis luna moth actias luna polyphemus moth antheraea polyphemus prometheus moth callosamia promethea moths of economic significance. Additionally everyone enjoys a largest moth story and this section provides some good stories.
Both caterpillars and adults of lasiocampids are large and exhibit a larger percentage of diurnal behavior than other moth families. Moth identification becomes a bit easier when it comes to the largest of the native moths. Giant leopard moth photo. Theyre found in asia though so not the eastern us.
If youre curious the largest moth in the world is the atlas moth attacus atlas coming in at a whopping 9 11. It belongs to the saturniidae family also known as saturniids. The european gypsy is native to the western area which features temperate forests. If ive forgotten a species or type then please e mail me.
The asian gypsy is more common in areas like southern europe asia the pacific and northern africa. Assam silkmoth antheraea assamensis makes muga silk a type.