Southeast Asia

thus demonstrating his fitness

mating and fighting off any potential challengers

The Sunset moth is a serious contestant for the title of the most beautiful insect in the moth and butterfly world

as males spend the mornings patrolling along the courses of forest streams and rivers

Argema mittrei Moth in a Frame snake_skull Southeast AsiaComet Moth Male Madagascar 8" x 10" black, shadow box frame The Comet moth (Argema mittrei) or Madagascan moon moth is an African moth, native to the rain forests of Madagascar. The male has a wingspan of twenty centimeters and a tail span of fifteen centimeters, making it one of the world's largest silk moths. The female lays from 120 170 eggs, and after hatching the larvae feed on Eugenia and Weinmannia leaves for approximately two months before