moth picture

Don't ask me which one... but he/she is beautiful

I took the picture in Palo Alto cloud forest ..Boquete.

According to Dan Wade, thanks Dan!

 This is a member of a large group of moths called 'wild silkworm moths'. I think the 'wild' is included because the famous domesticated silkworm moth that is used in the silk industry (Note: and has been used for silk production for SOOOOOOOOO LONG that it no longer exists in the wild!) is not in this same group.

Group is Saturnidae (Saturnids) and this is a Rothschild's Silk Moth.
Google it....lots of pics and info.
And......just as interesting.....google the Rothschild who it's named for.
He was one of the world's great collectors....back in the 'age of collecting'. A member of the Rothschild family that emigrated from France to England, becoming a big part of the Bank of England....rich, powerful, influential family members, thus part of English history.
And this Rothschild collector guy was, of course, very rich, and able to go himself ( but he was a huge man, and also hugely FAT, but did travel internationally, collecting specimens, back when this type of travel was not to be taken lightly). But most of his private collection of specimens from around the world was done by others, professional collectors working for him.
Much of the greatness of the British Museum of Nat History collections is because he donated his vast collection to the museum.

Anyway...........all the Rothschild Silk Moths have those 4 transparent 'window panes', thus are easy to ID. And all are huge.
Next time you see one, if able, put your hand or finger near the moth for 1-2 photos, as a way of showing how BIG these moths are!

Dan