Cecropia Moth T-Shirt
Cecropia Moth T-Shirt
Size & fit
Comfort Colors 1717. Relaxed fit, true to size; size down for a closer fit.
| Size | Chest width (in) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|
| S | 18 ¼ | 26 ⅝ |
| M | 20 ¼ | 28 |
| L | 22 | 29 ⅜ |
| XL | 24 | 30 ¾ |
| 2XL | 26 | 31 ⅝ |
| 3XL | 27 ¾ | 32 ½ |
| 4XL | 29 ¾ | 33 ½ |
Measured flat: chest across, 1 in below the armholes; length from the high shoulder. Compare with a T-shirt you own and like.
Each shirt is garment-dyed after it is sewn, so the colour can vary slightly from shirt to shirt.
Moth, caterpillar and cocoons on a wild plum.
The shirt
- Comfort Colors 1717: heavyweight 100% ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed and pre-shrunk.
- The full plate on the back; a detail from it on the left chest.
- Wash cold, inside out; tumble dry low. Don't iron over the print.
Shipping & production
Each shirt is printed for you after you order. Most orders are printed and on their way within 2–5 business days; delivery time depends on the shipping method you choose at checkout. Shipping is shown at checkout before you pay.
Returns
If your shirt arrives damaged, misprinted or defective, contact us within 30 days of delivery with a photo and we'll send a replacement or a refund. Because every shirt is printed to order, we can't accept returns or exchanges for size or a change of mind, so please check the size chart above before ordering.
Plate 018
From the book
- Species
- Hyalophora cecropia
- As named in the book
- Phalaena Cecropia. Great Brown Emperor Moth.
- Artist
- John Abbot
- Book
- The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, tab. XLV, 1797
Then and now
North America's largest native moth.
Field notes
North America's largest moth lives a week, and never eats.
John Abbot painted the whole life on one branch, on what his editor called a wild American plum: the great brown moth with its red-banded wings and crescent spots, the green caterpillar studded with colored knobs, and the tough silk cocoons it spins for winter.
With wings five to six inches across, the cecropia is the largest native moth in North America. The adult has no working mouth. It lives only days on what it stored as a caterpillar, long enough to find a mate and lay eggs.
Everything happens once a year. The caterpillars spend the summer eating the leaves of ash, birch, maple, cherry, plum, willow, apple and lilac, spin up in fall, and the moths come out the next spring.