Pandora pinemoth
A Pandora pinemoth, Coloradia pandora, exhausted and waiting for the inevitable.. These large moths, with wingspans of 3 to 4.5 inches, have no mouthparts and consequently cannot eat--they reproduce and promptly die. I found a dense aggregation of these at dawn at a gas station in Big Water, UT--they had been attracted during the night to the bright lights over the gas pumps.
Pandora pinemoth
A Pandora pinemoth, Coloradia pandora, exhausted and waiting for the inevitable.. These large moths, with wingspans of 3 to 4.5 inches, have no mouthparts and consequently cannot eat--they reproduce and promptly die. I found a dense aggregation of these at dawn at a gas station in Big Water, UT--they had been attracted during the night to the bright lights over the gas pumps.