Key features

• Coloration: Predominant body and wing colors are yellow and brown.  In the middle of each wing is a small circle.  On the top wings, a line runs from the outer tip of the wing to the bottom wing margin.
• Shape:  Top wings with a pointed tip, lower wings rounded
• Wingspan: 8-13 cm

When and where to find them

• Flight period in our area: mid-June to late August potentially
• Activity period: NOCTURNAL
• Host plant tree/shrubs: Basswood, Birch, Maple, Oak, Cedar, White Pine

Links to more photos of this species

BugGuide.net

Bugwood Network images

Links to more information about this species

ENature

Tales from the Butterfly Garden

Butterfly fun facts

Sources
Tuskes, P.M., J.P. Tuttle, M.M. Collins. (1996) The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, NY.
Covell, C.V. (2005) A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History. Martinsville, VA.