Mel Boring

“What It Looks Like
If you spot the spectacular luna moth, don't try to catch it. It is an endangered species.
The luna moth has very long tails. Its color is a glowing green, but it also has touches of purple, brown, yellow, white and gray. From wingtip to wingtip, it is a little shorter than your hand length. You may see it just beneath a streetlight, waggling its wings, as if dancing. When its long, dangling tails sway in the breeze, it looks like a little lunar-green”
― Mel Boring, Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies: Take-Along Guide

“Luna moths have no mouths or stomachs. They do not eat, and only live about one week.
Where to Find It
As soon as the female comes out of the cocoon in April or June, she searches for a tree with leaves her offspring can eat. Many different trees could be food for her caterpillars. So you may find her on walnut, hickory, oak, birch, alder, sweet gum or persimmon trees.”
― Mel Boring, Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies: Take-Along Guide