![]() The spiny oakworm moth is found from Southeastern Canada and southern New England west to Minnesota, south to central Florida, the Gulf Coast, and central Texas. The rosy maple moth can vary in color from a combination of pink and yellow to pink and cream, to all pink, to no or very little pink at all. The rosy maple moth is found from Nova Scotia west through Quebec to Ontario and Minnesota and south to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and east Texas. from southern Quebec, Canada, Maine and the Great Plains south to Florida and east Texas. The polyphemus moth is found across much of the eastern U.S. The polyphemus moth is found across much of Canada and the United States. The pink-striped oakworm moth is found from Nova Scotia west across the Great Lakes states to Manitoba, Canada and Minnesota and south to central Florida, the Gulf Coast, and east Texas. The pine-devil moth is a deep chocolate brown. ![]() The pine-devil moth is found from southern Maine west to Ohio and south to Florida and Louisiana. The orange-tipped oakworm moth is found from southern Maine west to the Great Lakes and south to Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The New England buckmoth is found in southern Maine, New Hampshire, southeastern Vermont, and Massachusetts. The luna moth is found across Canada from Nova Scotia west to Saskatchewan south to Florida, the Gulf coast, Texas, and North Dakota. Many people consider the luna moth to be the world's most beautiful moth. The luna moth is green and has a long tail. Source: Jeffery Pippen, Duke University Intended Audience: General Reading Level: N/A The Io moth caterpillar is bright green with clusters of tiny spines that can deliver a painful sting. The Io moth has large eyespots on its hindwings. The Io moth is found across southern Canada south through Maine to Florida and Nebraska and Colorado south to Texas and Arizona and into Mexico and Costa Rica. The eastern buckmothmoth is found across the eastern United States from Maine west to Nebraska and south to Florida and Texas. The eastern buckmothmoth caterpillar is covered with venomous spines that can cause pain and swelling when they sting a human. The eastern buckmothmoth is found across the eastern United States from Maine west to Kansas and south to Florida and Eastern Texas. ![]() Source: University of Florida IFAS Extension Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School It can have a wingspan as wide as six inches. Source: Butterflies and Moths of North America Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School The Cecropia moth is found across the eastern United States and Canada from Nova Scotia south to Florida and west to the Rocky Mountains. Key: Profile Photos Video Audio NH Species Pink-striped Oakworm Moth - Anisota virginiensis Orange-tipped Oakworm Moth - Anisota senatoria Status taken from US Fish and Wildlife and NH Fish and Game New Hampshire Species Threatened in US Threatened in NH Endangered in US Endangered in NH Introduced If no status is listed, there is not enough data to establish status. Status and range is taken from ICUN Redlist. Least Concern Near Threatened Vulnerable Endangered Critically Endangered Extinct in Wild Extinct Silkworm moths are not in the same family as the mulberry silkworm (Bombyx mori) that is raised in captivity and used to create the silk that is used in clothing, but silk from the cocoons of some some species of giant silkworm moths, like the Chinese Tussah moth ( Antheraea pernyi) and the Assam silkmoth ( Antheraea assamensis), has been cultivated in the wild and used to create silk cloth. Many species spin a cocoon that is attached to a host plant or hidden under leaf litter. Many of the caterpillars of species in this family are brightly colored and covered with spines, although some or smooth or fuzzy! Most of the caterpillars in this family feed on the foliage of trees or shrubs. Most species in this family are nocturnal, and the adults live for a short period, usually less than a week, and do not feed. Many species have large, feathery antennae. Many of the moths in this family are brightly colored and have large, transparent eyespots. The largest moth in North America, the cecropia moth, is a member of this family. Species in this family are found all over the world, but the largest number of species are found in the tropics. ![]() There are around 1,500 species of large moths in this family. ![]()
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