# ID a Moth

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-moth/583139
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 25, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-moth/583139 "2011-05-25T12:44:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2011, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-moth/583139/1 "2011-05-25T12:44:54Z")

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Anyone know what we’re looking at here?

Thanks in advance!

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### Author: ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2011, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-moth/583139/2 "2011-05-25T14:11:48Z")

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He is a [Cecropia Moth](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia).

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### Author: ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-moth/583139/3 "2011-05-25T14:51:24Z")

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Big 'un, isn’t he? My greatest goal as a kid was finding a cecropia moth…to a kid, the size is just amazingly cool. I did come close…I found a luna moth once. Same family, a little smaller, a lot prettier.