Emperor Moth -One of the biggest and beautiful moth of the world.
About emporer moth :
Emporer moth is one of the biggest and beautiful butterfly. The Scientific name of the beautiful moth is
Saturnia pavonia.The moth has just about 3-4 months of life span.The moth has some special features, like It has four very distinctive
eye markings - one on each wing. It is the only large moth in the world with eyespots on all the four wings. The smaller Eyed Hawk-moth has two large eyespots on the
hindwings only.For it's the
unmistakeable features it can be easily identified than other moths.
The spectacular Emperor moth is only resident member of the
Saturniidae family which found in britain. It is reasonably common over much of Britain, occupying moorland and open country.
the female emperor moth has a wingspan of up to 10cm; and the male is smaller than female emporer moth.
Male emperor moths fly in day and
the females fly by night. The females emperor moth
rest in low vegetation during the day,
releasing a special scent to attract males.
Scientific name :- Saturnia
pavonia.
Size :- Wingspan approximately
80mm.
Distribution :- Found throughout the U.K.
Months seen :- April to June
Life span :- Adult moth doesn't feed and lives for just 3 or 4 weeks.
Habitat :-Mainly heathland and
moorland.
Food :- Caterpillars feed on heather, bramble, blackthorn and hawthorn.
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Emporer caterpillar :
After mating the female Emperor moth lays on her eggs within a few hours. The
eggs take 10 days to hatch. The caterpillars of emperor moth , seen from
May to August.
The caterpillars feed on woody plants such as heather, Bramble and Blackthorn.But accroding to wikipedia's article the
species has also been recorded feeding on a huge range of other plants.
Click here to see the article on wikipedia. Emporer's caterpillars are usually being
black and orange at first.But later they becoming
green and with black color rings and yellow and red spots.