BF40 #11 These displays are beautiful! This is a great little glass dome display with a round top and black wooden base showcasing a Rosy Maple Moth and 3 wasps resting on their nest ! They are surrounded by dried foliage, flowers, moss, etc. with a real snail and ladybug. This would make a great learning/teaching tool, or fit into any collection! These are great gifts and wonderful little displays! Overall, this display is approximately 6 x 3 1/2". This a wood base with a diamond knob top dome.
Species and Fun Facts:
Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. As the common name of the species implies, the preferred host trees are maple tree. The rosy maple moth lives across the eastern United States and adjacent regions of Canada.
The rosy maple moth is the smallest of the silk moths; males have a wingspan of 3.2 to 4.4 centimetres (1.25-1.75 in); females of 3.8 to 5 centimetres (1.5–2 in). The species can be identified by their unique, but varying, pink and yellow coloration. They have reddish-to-pink legs and antennae, yellow bodies and hindwings, and pink forewings with a triangular yellow band across the middle.
These little guys are beautiful!
Polistes gallicus
