What a surprise when I found this enormous moth (papillon de nuit) on my shutters this morning! It has a wingspan (une envergure) of 6" and is really amazing. Its name paon de nuit in french is very descriptive: paon means peacock.
After research on Internet A FRENCH SITE says the adults don't feed and only live a week. What luck (quelle chance) to find it!
Tag - moth
Tuesday, May 3 2011
GIANT EMPEROR MOTH - grand paon de nuit
By carolweb on Tuesday, May 3 2011,