Glover's Silkmoth
This spectacular moth was my #1 on my 'Most Wanted' list. In fact I have been wanting to find ANY species in this genus since I was a child. It was kind of my white whale! And yesterday, I finally did. I spotted this one while out with my boyfriend in the foothills outside Colorado Springs. I yelped expletives and literally jumped up and down, I was absolutely beside myself!
The moth, a male, was sitting on a pinecone on the ground. In this picture, my boyfriend is holding the pinecone, and giving his hand for size reference.
Glover's Silkmoth
This spectacular moth was my #1 on my 'Most Wanted' list. In fact I have been wanting to find ANY species in this genus since I was a child. It was kind of my white whale! And yesterday, I finally did. I spotted this one while out with my boyfriend in the foothills outside Colorado Springs. I yelped expletives and literally jumped up and down, I was absolutely beside myself!
The moth, a male, was sitting on a pinecone on the ground. In this picture, my boyfriend is holding the pinecone, and giving his hand for size reference.