The wing span of an Imperial moth is 3 1/8 - 6 7/8 inches (8 - 17.4 cm).The Females are lager than the male although the male have larger patches on there wings. To identify the Imperial moth they are usually pinkish, orange, or purplish-brown patches.

 

Imperial Moth food plants are Oak, Maple, American Sweetgum, Sassafras, and Pine. Adults do not feed in other words when it turns into an adult it dies soon. A threat to this specie is lack of scientific knowledge, forestry practices, and use of pesticides and herbicides.  .The best way to survey for this species is by backlighting, a technique where a sheet is stretched across two trees or poles and an ultraviolet light is used to attract moths to the sheet. Moths can be collected directly from the sheet. Insects come to light usually in largest numbers on still, dark, cloudy nights when both temperature and humidity are high.

 

Imperial Moth can be found from Mexico to Canada to the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Cost. They live in the deciduous, mixed, and coniferous forests; adults are nocturnal and come to light.

 

The Population of the Imperial Moth is unknown. But it is decreasing because they do live in forest and we destroy their forests.

 

What stood out when I read about my animal was that the female Imperial Moth was larger than the male moth because usually the male is lager but not this time. First I learned that this animal existed before I was assigned this animal I didn’t know the Imperial Moth existed. I’ve also learned the beauty of this moth. I use to think moths were ugly but this report helps me see the Imperial Moth in a new way.

 

Author: Jeovany V.

Published: 08-2011

 

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"Species Eacles imperialis - Imperial Moth - Hodges#7704 - BugGuide.Net." Welcome to BugGuide.Net! - BugGuide.Net. Mon. 8 Feb. 2010. <http://bugguide.net/node/view/4757>

 

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"File:Imperial moth Illinois.JPG -." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tues. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_moth_Illinois.JPG>.