World's Largest Moth Species Found In Washington State



An atlas moth, an invasive species with a wingspan that can reach 10 inches, has been found in Bellevue, Washington. KING’s Kalie Greenberg reports.

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24 comments

  1. The Snake heads for wing tips is more freaky that the size

  2. There's butterflies even bigger than that!

  3. Nope… No thank you. I don't do moths, big or small.

  4. Invaise,or was it looking for a new habitat as the climate changes ,so do place those animals and other speices in habitat.

  5. I saw a moth here in Alabama that was bigger then that but the wings are different but it's wings span were larger then the length of my hand

  6. What an amazing moth, not sure but it seems like that it has an adaptation on the tip of its wings that look like snakes

  7. Matthew 10:8
    Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

  8. It’s probably immigrated to the United States due to climate change

  9. I scrolled all the way down and there wasn't a single MOTHRA joke. I am disappointed in y'all 😂

  10. It probably escaped Buffalo Bill’s basement

  11. seems like other things have been traveling/migrating because of the heat or climate change, like the brain eating ameba appearing in lakes previous not prone to it and other things i can't remember.

  12. Someone raised that moth ..

  13. Likely to be one that someone raised in private or from a tropical butterfly/insect centre.

  14. When oxygen is double and all insects grow bigger and mutants

  15. That's a beautiful moth! 😊

  16. It escaped from a private breeder.

  17. Even if it doesn't eat Pomeranians, this isn't good, right? Very cool snake-head tips on its wings, though.

  18. i have a fear of butterflies, moths, etc. that would freak me out.