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Glover's Silk Moth

Hyalophora gloveri

About

A large silk moth of the Rocky Mountain region with dark reddish-brown wings and white crescent markings. It is the interior mountain counterpart of the cecropia and ceanothus silk moths.

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Did You Know?

Glover's silk moth was named after Townend Glover, the first federal entomologist of the United States, appointed in 1854.