Audubon South Carolina

ASC operates two centers. Francis Beidler Forest in Four Holes Swamp is a 17,000-acre wildlife sanctuary featuring a 1-3/4 mile boardwalk through an old-growth cypress-tupelo swamp. Open Tues-Sun (closed Mon. & some holidays; admission fee). Silver Bluff along the Savannah River has 3,154 acres of upland pine forest, hardwood bottomlands, fields, lakes and streams with a checklist of over 200 species, including Wood Storks! Ed. programming and tours. Images © FBF, 2006-2016.

Friday, April 02, 2010

Luna Moth

The Luna Moth (Actias luna) in the image was spotted on a Sweetgum (Liquadambar styraciflua) in the parking area at the Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest.

The Sweetgum is a host tree for the Luna Moth. The adult Luna Moth does not eat. The adult's mission is to find a mate and reproduce. Based on this individual's fresh look, it likely emerged from its cocoon recently and has not yet had time to tatter its wings in search of a mate.

Images by Mark Musselman

1 comment:

Anonymous7:48 AM
6/28/2012
Spotted one while we were enroute to the cottage in minden ontario canada...was a beautiful sight.looked like it was having a rest from its long journey.......
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