Thursday, September 9, 2010

Giant Moths Hatch at Butterfly Sanctuary



With their stunning colours and 12in wingspan they're not the sort of insect you could ignore.
And now not just one but nine of the world's largest moths have hatched at a butterfly sanctuary in Gloucestershire.
The giant Atlas moths emerged from their chrysalises at Berkeley Castle Butterfly House.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1307182/Stand-aside-behe-moths-insect-world-arrived.html#ixzz0z3gebz45


Oddly, we found something only slightly smaller than this in Texas quite recently. 

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