🌿Native Nature

Sagebrush Sheep Moth

Hemileuca hera

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Arthropoda ›Class: Insecta ›Order: Lepidoptera ›Family: Saturniidae ›Genus: Hemileuca

About

Hemileuca hera (sagebrush sheep moth or Hera buckmoth) is a moth of the family Saturniidae. It is found from southern Saskatchewan west to British Columbia, south to Arizona and New Mexico.