Image of Saturnia pyretorum
Description:
male 12pm This moth is also known as Fish-line Silkworm because its silk is used to make into natural fish-lines. Was this bred to make fishing lines? Afterall, there are old fishing villages not too far from Sai Wan Ho ( on the Kowloon side of Lei Yu Mun Channel. )
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- Metazoa (animals)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
- Saturniidae (giant silkworm moths)
- Saturnia
- Saturnia pyretorum
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