Hyalophora cecropia pair mating on cocoon female emerged from Male moths emerge with large feathery antennae that allow them to detect female pheromones up to a mile away Males cover long distances flying in a zigzag pattern until pheromone particles have been detected Females begin "calling" around 0am and continue till dawn A season of silk moths continues with Cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia Some say Cecropia is the most beautiful of all silk moths Hard to argue with that Photo credit Karin Burghardt This mating pair was discovered in April on a viburnum at a nursery in New Jersey Photo credit Gordon and Sheri Raupp Greek mythology has it that CecropsLuna do not spin an escape route like Promethia, and Cecropia, and rely on a enzyme called cocoonaise that breaks down the silken fibers The moth has horny projections on the upper thorax it uses to cut and tear away at the soften silk and hydraulic pumping to push itself out of
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