David Attenborough looks tiny beside the world’s biggest moth

And with full reason . Sure , this Atlas moth ( Attacus atlas ) may be looming in the foreground of the picture , but at nigh to a foot across , its wingspan is bigger than Attenborough ’s intact brass no matter where it ’s positioned . That ’s pretty impressive for an organism with an adult lifespan of less than two weeks ( A. telamon expend the majority of its life — about eight weeks out of ten — in larval and pupal stage ) .

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Attenborough and Atlas moth photographed by Andy Rain

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