#3127 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
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what is it?
Dryocampa rubicunda , the rosy maple moth , is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. It was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. The species is known for its wooly body and pink and yellow coloration, which varies from cream or white to bright pink or yellow. Males have bushier antennae than females, which allow them to sense female pheromones for mating.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 35,218 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 (233 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rosy Maple Moth
- scientific name
- Dryocampa rubicunda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Saturniidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 35,218
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1793 by Johan Christian Fabricius
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 48094, Wikidata Q137502, GBIF 1865862, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.