Hello, from Steve Garten and welcome to my weird and wonderful world of moths.
I’m amateur Lepidopterist, I trap and record moth species on my six acre wildlife meadow at Tibenham Norfolk, UK.
The list of moths listed in this Macro-moths blog and the Micro Moths blog are the species I have recorded since 2015.
Emperor Moth - Saturnia pavonia
The moth is from the family of Saturniidae -- subfamily ---- Saturniinae.
The beautiful Emperor Moth is Britain's only resident member of the Saturniidae family. The males, which have bright orange hindwings,
fly during the daytime searching for the greyer females, which fly at night.
It Is a medium to large-sized macro moth, with a wingspan of 45 to 60 mm.
The species as one generation and its flight season is from April to May.
The moth occurs in a wide range of habitats including, Heathland, fens, hedgerows, thorn scrub, downland and open woodland.
The species overwinters as a pupa, within a light brown, tough, papery,droplet-shaped cocoon, with a closed circle of upward-pointing spines around the narrow opening to repel predators.It is attached to a plant stem near the ground.
The eggs are laid in batches attached to the foodplant.
The larva appears from late-May to August.
The larvae feed mainly on woody plants,
Heathers, Bramble, Hawthorns, sallows and birches.
The moth is classified nationally as a Common species of the UK.