The Actias luna is one of the largest moths in North America with a wingspan of 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm). Photo taken by Michael Crowley/Getty Pictures
These large, symmetrical moths are the size of a huge palm — flying and delicate, with a small eye shape at the back and a ring-shaped crescent in front. In the Northern Latitudes, each summer, between May and July, only a new generation of moths is born, but within its range of distribution, three codenames can be produced from the U.S. region to the southernmost state of Maine (and Canada) and the Canadian region.
Part of the reason you may not have noticed (if any) within the confines of your life is that, as you would in flying leaves, they only walk around at night, in forested action, otherwise it would be difficult to catch them.
The second reason is what they like to eat, and it has to do with what their kids don't like to eat – whatever they like to eat, no matter when they eat, you might be like that.
Finally, you may be looking for the wrong thing. Luna moths do not have larvae in their mouths in their lifetime, but they are five times as long in the body of an infant as they were an adult. Adult babies can even be fed – the only job is to match, to find out the week of their adult life, and then die.
If you find or find a potential problem with just the moon in the light, but it is possible that it is dried from the wings in its carton. Although it is being touched, it is likely to appear in the skylight. Take a look and think you're lucky to have found its glory.