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Sweetbay Silkmoth

Callosamia securifera

411 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 8, February 9, March 18, April 17, May 12, June 8, July 15, August 7, September 8, October 9, November 7, December 7.
United States490
Alabama107
Mississippi61
Georgia48
South Carolina45
Louisiana42
North Carolina38
Virginia4
Pennsylvania2
New Jersey2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyEmperor and Giant Silk Moths · Saturniidae
GenusCallosamia

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