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Citrus => Cold Hardy Citrus => Topic started by: will2358 on September 06, 2019, 12:59:16 PM

Title: Moth Larva
Post by: will2358 on September 06, 2019, 12:59:16 PM
Today I found this beautiful Luna Moth on my Door. I found a Larva on one of my citrus leaves a few days prior. I could not find if they eat the leaves on plants or not. Does anyone know if they do. I hope not cause I see them every year and I think they are so beautiful.

(https://i.postimg.cc/pytmn5XP/moth.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/pytmn5XP)
Wiki Photo
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y4WSvM54/moth2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Y4WSvM54)
Title: Re: Moth Larva
Post by: Bomand on September 06, 2019, 03:32:32 PM
Worry not about the Luna eating up your citrus. They are of short duration and not populous. Instead enjoy the shape and patterns on the wings of this creature.
Title: Re: Moth Larva
Post by: will2358 on September 06, 2019, 11:18:13 PM
I enjoy looking at them each year. I wonder why I have never seen the female lunar moth. I have only seen the male in the yard. My goodness, I did not know they were endangered.
https://www.thespruce.com/the-non-pest-luna-moth-2656240 (https://www.thespruce.com/the-non-pest-luna-moth-2656240)
This is a wiki pic of female

(https://i.postimg.cc/7C4dVjMb/mothfemale.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/7C4dVjMb)