[TN-Bird] Re: Butterfly ID

  • From: "Reese, Carol" <jreese5@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 21:51:58 +0000

Thanks for the clarification, Dean.

"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
- Aldo Leopold

Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist
Western Region Extension
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson, TN 38301

731-425-4767 Office / 731-343-4898 Mobile
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-----Original Message-----
From: kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 4:41 PM
To: Reese, Carol
Cc: scpjmartin@xxxxxxxxx; tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [TN-Bird] Re: Butterfly ID


Actually this is a Tulip Tree Silkmoth (Callosamia angulifera). Note the check
mark shaped markings (Cecropia have crescents facing the opposite direction
among other differences).

Dean Edwards
Knoxville, TN



On Mon, 3 Aug 2015, Reese, Carol wrote:

Cecropia moth, largest North American silk moth.

"There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot."
- Aldo Leopold

Carol Reese
Ornamental Horticulture Specialist
Western Region Extension
605 Airways Blvd.
Jackson, TN 38301

731-425-4767 Office / 731-343-4898 Mobile jreese5@xxxxxxx
west.tennessee.edu Facebook page: utgardensjackson



-----Original Message-----
From: tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tn-bird-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2015 4:22 PM
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Butterfly ID

Does anyone know of a local butterfly expert that might be able to ID this
beautiful specimen?

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