Luna moth aka weird big that looks like a leaf

I woke up the other morning to find this crazy looking creature on our porch door. Yesterday at work, there was one hanging out on the wall next to the drive-thru window. I've never seen such a thing!

A customer told us that it's called a Luna Moth. They spend most of their life as larva and then become the leafy-looking moth for a short time. Very interesting! And then a lady came through and said she had a butterfly house and took it away in a cup. Haha.

I just wikiepdia-ed the luna moth and found this:
"Based on the climate in which they live, the Luna moths produce differing numbers of generations. In Canada and northern regions, they can live up to 7 days and will produce only one generation per year. These reach adulthood from early June to early July. In the northeastern United States around New Jersey or New York, the moths produce two generations each year. The first of these appear in April and May, and the second group can be seen approximately nine to eleven weeks later. In the southern United States, there can be as many as three generations. These are spaced every eight to ten weeks beginning in March."

Oh the days of learning!

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