Saturniidae of Mississippi
Female Actias luna moth on sweetgum courtesy of John H. Campbell.
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Ceratocampinae
Anisota consularis |
Hemileucinae |
Saturniinae: Attacini
Callosamia angulifera |
Saturniinae: Saturniini |
Anisota senatoria fly in mid July.
Anisota stigma fly from mid June to early August.
Anisota virginiensis fly in May and in September as two broods.
Citheronia regalis fly in late May and September, probably as two broods.
Citheronia sepulcralis fly in mid May and August, probably as two broods.
Dryocampa rubicunda fly as two or three broods.
Eacles imperialis fly from June to early September, possibly double brooded.
Sphingicampa bicolor fly in July.
Sphingicampa bisecta fly from early July until late August, probably as two broods.
Automeris io fly from early June to mid August, possibly two broods.
Hemileuca maia fly from mid November to mid December.
Callosamia angulifera fly mid July to mid August.
Callosamia promethea fly from mid May until mid August; probable second brood.
Callosamia securifera fly in December and January and then probably again in spring, probably as two broods.
Hyalophora cecropia begin flight in early May.
Actias luna fly from early April (Sherry Gerald in Wiggins (Stone County, southern Mississippi) reports a wild male mating with a cage female on March 6-7, 2008) probably until late October, probably as four broods, maybe even five broods in extreme south.
Antheraea polyphemus flies from early April until October, probably as four broods, maybe even five broods in extreme south.
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