Atlas moth
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| Name:Attacus atlas Family:Saturniidae | ||||||||
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Names in other languages ヨナグニサン 皇蛾 Attacus Atlas Polilla atlas Farfalla cobra Павлиноглазка атлас 아틀라스나방 皇蛾 Attacus Atlas Polilla atlas Atlasspinner Atlasvlinder | ||||||||
TheAtlas moth[nb 1] is abug in theAnimal Crossing series. The Atlas moth first appeared inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons and was later added toAnimal Crossing: Pocket Camp. It is a huge moth that is similar to theoak silk moth from previous games, for which it is a replacement.
In the games that the Atlas moth appears in, it is a rare bug that the player can encounter, and can be found on trees during the night. InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, it can be caught from midspring to the start offall.
Catch details[edit]
InPocket Camp[edit]
Island Excursion Invite
| Availability (Pocket Camp Complete) | Unknown |
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| Availability (Pocket Camp) | Not currently available
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| Location |  Sunburst Island |
| Size | 303.6 mm – 336.4 mm |
| Rarity | ★★★ |
| Selling price |  1,200Bells |
| Version added | 3.1.2 |
| Villager gift data | Tier: 3 (Uncommon+) Rewards:
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Friendship pointsInNew Horizons[edit]
"I caught an Atlas moth! I bet it never gets lost!"
| Time of year | North: Apr – Sep South: Oct – Mar |
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| Time of day | 7 PM – 4 AM |
| Location | On trees (any kind) |
| Weather | Any weather |
| Spawn requirement | Catch 20 total bugs |
| Selling prices |  Nook's Cranny: 3,000Bells Flick: 4,500Bells |
| Furniture size |  |
Donating to the museum[edit]
InNew Horizons[edit]
Blathers has this to say about the Atlas moth:
Commissioning a model[edit]
InAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, if the player brings three Atlas moths toFlick to commission a model, he will say the following:
"R-really? You want a sculpture of an Atlas moth? The ghost who flutters like a bug? Their brief lives are a tragedy that no one will ever hear, for they have no mouths to tell it! I promise this will be my silent-est masterpiece, and I shall title it The Grand Atlas Moth!"
Gallery[edit]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Real-world information[edit]
The Atlas moth is one of the largest lepidopterans with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm (9.4 in) and a wing surface area of about 160 cm2 (~25 in2). It is only surpassed in wingspan by the white witch (Thysania agrippina) and in wing surface area by the Hercules moth (Coscinocera hercules). As in most Lepidoptera, females are noticeably larger and heavier than males, while males have broader antennae.
The body is disproportionately small compared to the wings. The upperside of the wings are reddish brown with a pattern of black, white, pink, and purple lines and triangular, scale-less windows bordered in black. The undersides of the wings are paler. Both forewings have a prominent extension at the top.
The Atlas moth has no mouth; every flight takes valuable energy and can take days off their already short lives, as it has a very short life span of only one to two weeks. They conserve energy by flying as little as possible. A female will wait for a male to come along and be fertilised, lay eggs and die.
Atlas moths are a saturniid moth, a group that includes the famous luna moth. Despite what their common name suggests, they are only distant cousins of the domestic silk moth (Bombyx mori) which belong to the family Bombycidae.
More information on this topic is available atWikipedia.
Names in other languages[edit]
 | ヨナグニサン yonagunisan | Name of subspeciesA. atlas ryukyuensis, lit. "Yonaguni silkmoth" |
 | 아틀라스나방 ateullaseunabang | Atlas moth |
 | 皇蛾 huáng-é | Atlas moth (lit. "royal moth") |
 | Павлиноглазка атлас Pavlinoglazka atlas | Atlas moth |
 | Atlasvlinder | Atlas moth (lit. "Atlas butterfly") |
 | Atlasspinner | Atlas moth |
 | Polilla atlas | Atlas moth |
 | Attacus Atlas | From scientific name |
 | Farfalla cobra | Atlas moth (lit. "cobra butterfly") |
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