Giant leopard moth
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The giant leopard moth is a moth of the family Erebidae. They are distributed through North America from southern Ontario, and southern and eastern United States through New England, Mexico, and south
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Larval stage
Caterpillar in typical defensive ball
Caterpillar with typical red stripes
Voltinism
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Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations that an organism has each year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture
Giant leopard moth
…30 mm (1.2 in). The leopard moth requires two years to complete its round of life. In Missouri, adults are on the wing from May to September and are multivoltine. During mating sessions, the wings of the male cover most of the female's abdomen, which can sometimes lead to the loss of wing scales in the female…
The Adonis blue butterfly (female and male pictured) is a bivoltine species, having two generations a year.