Key features

• Coloration: Predominant body and wing colors are orange-red and pale yellow.  Wing veins are red.  Yellow wing coloration in spots/patches on a dark background.
• Shape:  Top wings are pointed at the tip and distinctly larger than the bottom wings, which are rounded.
• Wingspan:  9.5-14 cm (females on large end of range)

When and where to find them

• Flight period in our area: late June to early August
• Activity period: NOCTURNAL
• Host plant tree/shrubs: Hickory, Pecan, Butternut, Black Walnut, Sumac, Ash

Links to more photos of this species

Butterflies and Moths of North America Flickr pool

Bugwood Network images

Links to more information about this species

Totally Buggin

BugGuide.net

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.