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| Regal moths, a.k.a royal walnut moths (Citheronia regalis) |
This morning, I had a twofer.
It would be tempting to think that these royal walnut moths are the adult version, several generations removed, of the caterpillar I found and blogged about in August 2010: junior devil.
It's probably not, odds are overwhelming against such an occurrence,
but it's fun to imagine that I could be so lucky to be visited twice by
the same creature in two different forms, although in this case the
incredible green hulk morphed into handsome physicist Dr. Bruce Banner, although I don't remember him being a redhead.
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adult royals have the largest body (not the greatest wingspan) of any
moth that's found north of Mexico. The caterpillars ARE incredible
hulks—the legendary, green and over-sized hickory horned devils.
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| Hickory Horned Devil |
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