RE: Engagement Contest #1 "Tell me something I don't know"

[gogogadgetupvote]

That is a really cool looking caterpillar! I found this guy in the parking lot at my work. I escorted him to the nearest bush.

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[skippyza]

I see you found yourself a pokemon there. Legitimately cool looking caterpillar you found there though.

[gogogadgetupvote]

Love Poke'mon. I was Playing Poke'mon Go for a while

and this happened.

[hopefoote]

Wow. Do you know what she is? Other than awesome?

[skippyza]

So... I am no bug expert, but from what I could find it seems to be a Luna Moth Caterpillar, which turns into this beauty:

-Image compliments of Google-

They unfortunately don't inhabit my country, but they are quite a beautiful sight to behold. Nice find @gogogadgetupvote

[gogogadgetupvote]

I have never seen any butterflies or moths like that in the Pacific Northwest. What part of the world are those Luna Moth's from?

[skippyza]

So... I am not from USA, so I do not know the geographic layout that well, but to borrow from Wikipedia...

This moth is found in North America, from east of the Great Plains in the United States to northern Mexico and from Saskatchewan eastward through central Quebec to Nova Scotia in Canada. Luna moths are common as far south as Seminole County in central Florida.

[gogogadgetupvote]

No idea. But I also found this one!

Yes, I was petting it so I could get a picture of it's wings open.

[hopefoote]

That's a male eastern tiger swallowtail.

https://bugguide.net/node/view/491