Rosey Maple Moth

This moth has been called the "World's Most Beautiful Insect":

http://www.wimp.com/this-colorful-moth-might-just-be-the-worlds-most-beautiful-insect/

An interesting fact listed in the link: it only eats when it's young. Once it grows up, it stops eating entirely.

Originally posted by vivify
This moth has been called the "World's Most Beautiful Insect":

http://www.wimp.com/this-colorful-moth-might-just-be-the-worlds-most-beautiful-insect/

An interesting fact listed in the link: it only eats when it's young. Once it grows up, it stops eating entirely.

Originally posted by sonhouse
It must be that way because it doesn't live long enough to have a need for food?

It is pretty but the Monarch Butterfly is pretty spectacular also.