Robert Clarkのインスタグラム(robertclarkphoto) - 4月22日 13時43分

The Atlas Moth.....(Attacus atlas) is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and is common across the Malay archipelago, which is where #AlfredRusselWallace first encountered the large day flying moth. Females, like the one pictured, are sexually passive, releasing powerful pheromones which males detect and home in on with the help of chemoreceptors located on their large feathery antennae. Males may thus be attracted from several kilometres downwind. Atlas moths are unsteady fliers, and the female does not stray far from the location of her discarded chrysalis: she seeks a perch where the air currents will best carry her pheromones.

Atlas moths were often considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area, but recent sources confer this title upon the Hercules Moth from New Guinea and northern Australia.Their wingspans are also amongst the largest, reaching nearly 20 inches. Females are appreciably larger and heavier than the males.

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