Look what emerged from it’s crysalis last week!! Amazing, and I understand they are nocturnal, so few people ever see them!
The video is grainy – I haven’t used that function before – but worth watching him stretch out after getting out of his tiny pod!
Wingspan of over 5", covered in a beautiful orange fur!
Stayed, stretched, and rested for the day, gone in the morning!
Research I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia
http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm
from Christine Morey at Annabelle’s Pet Care
Good Morning Gloucester 
Thank you for posting Christine. You have a newly emerged male Cecropia Moth, which you can tell by the very full antennae. He has emerged from his cocoon; butterflies pupate within a chrysalis, moths within a cocoon. We have a similar cocoon and I am note sure if it is a Cecropia or Luna moth–I can’t wait to see it after seeing your post.
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That’s amazing. Just as amazing as the one my husband and daughter found yesterday in our front yard. She has planted herself in a tree branch in our garage. We figure that she had just submerged from her cocoon and didn’t know to fly just yet with her fur and wings still moist. Maybe she needed time her wings to dry off before take off in her flight. But Last night I checked to see if she was still on the branch, and low and behold she was there. Only difference is that she started to lay a couple rows of eggs along with a handful, of them still on her under belly. Wow, I wonder if there is someone I should call to come and retrieve her and her eggs or should I just lat nature take its course in my garage. I just wonder if it is save enough for her and her babies!!! If you have any information, please share it with me. Thank you and have a good day.
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