Photo of the Month - Cecropia Moth, June 2007

Brian Stains writes:  I found a very cooperative and photogenic cecropia moth, the largest moth species in North America, this morning at dawn resting on the grass adjacent to the Fairfield Loop Trail, Route 34 underpass at Crow Creek.

It's amazingly woolly! The top photo has a quarter coin for scale.

For info about the cecropia, see the Cecropia webpage.