Georgia Counties

This distribution chart is a compilation of information from Paul Opler's Moths of North America Website, the Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary and personal communication with many residents of Georgia. See comments above and below the map.

Actual ranges may, in many cases, be more expansive than noted. There are some species indicated that may now be extirpated.

Clicking on a scientific name will take you to a file with pictures and/or information.

Western Georgia

Actias luna male, Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia,
May 8, 2011, courtesy of Mary Zager.

O Anisota consularis O Anisota peigleri O Anisota senatoria O Anisota stigma O Anisota virginiensis O Citheronia regalis O Citheronia sepulcralis O Dryocampa rubicunda O Eacles imperialis O Sphngicampa bicolor @ Sphingicampa bisecta # Automeris io # Hemileuca maia X Callosamia angulifera X Callosamia promethea X Callosamia securifera X Hyalophora cecropia + Actias luna + Antheraea polyphemus O Anisota consularis O Anisota peigleri O Anisota senatoria O Anisota stigma O Anisota virginiensis O Citheronia regalis O Citheronia sepulcralis O Dryocampa rubicunda O Eacles imperialis O Sphngicampa bicolor @ Sphingicampa bisecta # Automeris io # Hemileuca maia X Callosamia angulifera X Callosamia promethea X Callosamia securifera X Hyalophora cecropia + Actias luna + Antheraea polyphemus O Anisota consularis O Anisota peigleri O Anisota senatoria O Anisota stigma

Anisota stigma pair, Cumming (Forsyth County), Georgia, July 6, 2008, courtesy of Mary Zager.

Eacles imperialis male, Lumpkin County, courtesy of Richard Grant.

Non-member Britt Bergman (Fulton County, May 26, 2003) writes, "I live in Atlanta, Georgia and found this amazing specimen (Antheraea polyphemus) on the tennis court. Perhaps a bat was her undoing as she is missing part of a wing."

Non-member Joyce Kemper of Dodgen Middle School in Marietta, Cobb County, reports Citheronia regalis with a larval image, September 12, 2003.

Member Robert Weast writes that his daughter has found about eighty wild polyphemus cocoons in Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County). February 16, 2004.

Non-member Mims Rogers, Fulton County, reports Citheronia regalis with a larval image (below), September 29, 2004.

Non-member Debbie Markland writes, "We were recently in Warm Springs, Ga., at the Little White House (Roosevelt's home in Ga), and saw this enormous catepillar crossing the stone path. It was early October. It was about 4 inches long and 1 inch in diamater- fat!. I have had no luck identifying it for my kids. Any idea?"

Eacles imperialis, prepupal larva, Warm Springs, Meriwether County, Georgia,
October 2, 2010, courtesy of Debbie Markland.

Eastern Georgia

O Anisota consularis O Anisota peigleri O Anisota senatoria O Anisota stigma O Anisota virginiensis O Citheronia regalis O Citheronia sepulcralis O Dryocampa rubicunda O Eacles imperialis O Sphngicampa bicolor @ Sphingicampa bisecta # Automeris io # Hemileuca maia X Callosamia angulifera X Callosamia promethea X Callosamia securifera X Hyalophora cecropia + Actias luna + Antheraea polyphemus O Anisota consularis O Anisota peigleri O Anisota senatoria O Anisota stigma O Anisota virginiensis O Citheronia regalis O Citheronia sepulcralis O Dryocampa rubicunda O Eacles imperialis O Sphngicampa bicolor @ Sphingicampa bisecta # Automeris io # Hemileuca maia X Callosamia angulifera X Callosamia promethea X Callosamia securifera X Hyalophora cecropia + Actias luna + Antheraea polyphemus

Member Taylor Jones reports luna, polyphemus and regalis from Augusta, especially along the Augusta Canal (protected wildlife habitat), on the Savannah River, in Augusta, Richmond County.

Non-members Laura and Scot Shields report Eacles imperialis from Hephzibah, Richmond County, confirmed with larval image, September 30, 2003.

Eacles imperialis, prepupal, Midway, Liberty Co., Georgia, October 24, 2008.

Non-member Nicole Janke confirms Antheraea polyphemus from Hinesville, Liberty County.

Antheraea polyphemus female, Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia, courtesy of Nicole Janke.

Automeris io female, Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia, courtesy of Nicole Janke.

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