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Measuring the Worlds largest moth, Uma Low (11) from Alva, Scotland, notes the Atlas's ( Attacus Atlas ) record breaking 27 centimetre wingspan whilst on an education trip to the Stratford butterfly farm in Warwickshire on October 17, 2023, where the moth, the size of a dinner plate, is the first to emerge from a cocoon in over two and a half years amongst the tropical environment. Emerging from it's cocoon, the species common to Thailand joins up to 250 different types of tropical butterfly from twenty countries flying in the rainforest conditions and will use it's wing tips that are reminiscent of snakes heads to warn off any predators in it's short week long life span. (Photo by Russell Sach)
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