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Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia)

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Emperor moth laying eggs

© Andy Sands / naturepl.com
Emperor moth egg cluster

© David Fox / gettyimages.com
Female emperor moth by eggs laid on wall

© David Kjaer / naturepl.com
Emperor moth egg mass, after hatching

© Larry Crowhurst / gettyimages.com
Emperor moth caterpillars

© Irvine Cushing / gettyimages.com
Emperor moth caterpillar

© Owen Newman / gettyimages.com
Emperor moth caterpillar

© Laurie Campbell / lauriecampbell.com
Emperor moth caterpillars, yellow and pink forms

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Emperor moth caterpillar feeding on leaf

© Duncan McEwan / naturepl.com
Emperor moth caterpillar in moult

© Pascal Goetgheluck / www.ardea.com
Emperor moth caterpillar spinning cocoon

© David Fox / gettyimages.com
Emperor moth cocoon

© Mike Read
Emperor moth imago male on cocoon

© David Fox / gettyimages.com
Newly emerged male emperor moth

© G. J. Cambridge / www.photoshot.com
Close up portrait of male emperor moth, showing antennae

© Owen Newman / gettyimages.com
Close up of antenna of male emperor moth

© Kim Taylor / naturepl.com
Male emperor moth

© Irvine Cushing / gettyimages.com
Male emperor moth

© Mike Read
Male emperor moth from underneath

© Bradwin Ashby
Female emperor moth

© Irvine Cushing / gettyimages.com
Female emperor moth

© Irvine Cushing / gettyimages.com
Wing of female emperor moth

© Mike Read
Close-up of eye-spot on wing of emperor moth

© Hans Christoph Kappel / naturepl.com
Female emperor moth variation

© David Fox / gettyimages.com
Side view of a female emperor moth

© Irvine Cushing / gettyimages.com
Emperor moth pair, with male above and female below

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Male emperor moth in flight

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Male emperor moth in flight

© Robert Pickett / papiliophotos.com
Emperor moth, female emitting pheromones from scent glands

© Richard Becker / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Female emperor moth, close up of scent gland

© Keith Porter / gettyimages.com
Emperor moth pair mating

© Richard Becker / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Stonechat with emperor moth prey in beak

© Sunset / www.flpa-images.co.uk

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