I was very fortunate to have witnessed one of these big moths never mind 2 mating. First the female was hanging on to this wall and then the next day she was joined by a male. They mated all day into the night. She was there 2 days total. Then the 2 parted ways. The female will go and lay her eggs and they both after a week will both die. There job done. Then we noticed in behind where they mated was a big cocoon from same species.We are hoping that it will hatch very soon or it means it has died over the winter months. Which would be a real shame. These big beautiful nocturnal moths are nothing but big gentle giants of the moth world. Incredible. They are covered in fur of vibrant colors. These 2 were very freshly hatched so hopefully this one to will hatch out to fid a mate and complete the cycle again.
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