Michigan's largest moth is bigger than a softball

Explaining Insects 🦋 on Instagram: "The Cecropia moth’s life almost stretches across a full year, but only a tiny part of it is spent in the spotlight. After hatching from an egg and growing for weeks as a caterpillar, it spends most of its existence sealed safely inside a cocoon through fall and winter. When it emerges as an adult in late spring or early summer, its time becomes incredibly short—usually just one to two weeks. An adult Cecropia doesn’t eat and survives only on stored energy, us

7.1K views · 274 reactions | Check out this gorgeous specimen of Hyalophora cecropia moth, the largest native moth in North America! Via reddit user /ArkadiusBear | Royal Society of Biology | Facebook