Date Week - _TNY_1031
A closeup (while still quite far away since they're so bloody big!) of a female atlas moth (Attacus atlas) from September of last year (ie 2022) at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden.
This (like most moths) is a nocturnal species, so she will sit like this until sundown before spending the night finding a mate (or being found since males do most of the searching which is why they have even larger antennae).
The adult atlas moth actually completely lacks a mouth. They only live for a couple of days up to about two weeks so they do this on one tank, so to speak.
Date Week - _TNY_1031
A closeup (while still quite far away since they're so bloody big!) of a female atlas moth (Attacus atlas) from September of last year (ie 2022) at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden.
This (like most moths) is a nocturnal species, so she will sit like this until sundown before spending the night finding a mate (or being found since males do most of the searching which is why they have even larger antennae).
The adult atlas moth actually completely lacks a mouth. They only live for a couple of days up to about two weeks so they do this on one tank, so to speak.