
While it is an unusual moth for northern Indiana, what made this especially interesting is that Gene's best-selling book, A Girl of the Limberlost, centered on a young girl's search for this moth and...

Gene documented in words and photos the life cycle of what she called the Yellow Emperor in Moths of the Limberlost.

Here is a close shot of its head.

Look at the image on the back of the head. Doesn't it look like an angry face?

2 comments:
Very appropriate that one should show up for you to see!
July 24, 2008: A Yellow Emporor Moth visited our house on the westside of Indianapolis. Yes, we took photos. It seems to be injured or sick, but is still a beautiful moth. We'll look for any eggs that may have been laid.
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