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For my first “real” post I’d like to share this absolutely INCREDIBLE moth I found on campus a few days back. This is *Cosmosoma myrodora*, the Scarlet Bodied Wasp Moth. This striking moth is native to the southeastern US and is named because its appearance is believed to be mimicry of wasps— If I had to guess, likely a Polistidae species. This moth is a tiger moth (Arctiini) in the family Erebidae, much like the Salt Marsh Moth (*Estigmine acrea*) that is also native to Galveston, though I don’t think anyone is at high risk of confusing the two as they look very different. *C. myrodora* larva feed on *Mikania* genus plants called hempvines. Unless I’m mistaken, there’s an absolutely massive hempvine by the parking lot on campus. Maybe I’ll pop over there and see if I can find some larvae or pupae.

Sources:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217647-Cosmosoma-myrodora

https://www.lsuagcenter.com/~/media/system/3/f/5/c/3f5cfb9d3e2ea5c70320e1f7b390218b/3740%20scarlet%20bodied%20wasp%20mothpdf.pdf

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN996

#insect #insects #moth #moths #nature #bugs #photo #texas #scicomm #entomology

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EENY557/IN996: Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth, Cosmosoma myrodora (Dyar) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

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A photograph of the scarlet-bodied wasp moth on a concrete wall. This is a red moth with black and blue accents on the thorax, and striking black and clear wings.

Ainsley

@pirarucu@flipping.rocks · 5 days ago

Sources:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217647-Cosmosoma-myrodora

https://www.lsuagcenter.com/~/media/system/3/f/5/c/3f5cfb9d3e2ea5c70320e1f7b390218b/3740%20scarlet%20bodied%20wasp%20mothpdf.pdf

https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN996

#insect #insects #moth #moths #nature #bugs #photo #texas #scicomm #entomology

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EENY557/IN996: Scarlet-Bodied Wasp Moth, Cosmosoma myrodora (Dyar) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

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Mad A. Argon :qurio:

@madargon@is-a.cat · 3 weeks ago

This one is called blue-tailed damselfly and (probably) is really smaller than this picture.

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #insect #insects

Realistic drawing of a dragonfly, closely zoomed. It has black body with some bright blue spots. Its transparent wings are spread. It is sitting on a long leaf, surrounded by grass in the background, enclosed inside the circle.

Mad A. Argon :qurio:

@madargon@is-a.cat · 3 weeks ago

This one is called blue-tailed damselfly and (probably) is really smaller than this picture.

#drawing #art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #krita #ArtWithOpenSource #insect #insects

Kristin (vis.social Admin)

@kristinHenry@vis.social · 3 weeks ago

#SciArtSeptember Day 17: "Vector".

I'm thinking more along the lines of disease vectors. So, of course, I'm going with networked mosquitos in today's drawing.

For this month, I'm sharing in-progress and finished #inkyDays drawings in public posts on my Patreon and Ko-fi: https://www.patreon.com/posts/137994342
https://ko-fi.com/Post/InkyDays-September-2025-D1D11KNP2I

#SciArt #ink #drawing #art #mosquito #insect #GenerativeArt #ProceduralArt

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InkyDays September 2025

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Hand drawn generative/procedural art in ink on an open page of my sketchbook. The abstract pattern looks a bit like mosquitos arranged in a network diagram or chemical diagram shape.

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budak

@budak@kopiti.am · 4 weeks ago

yur daily dozing dragon

#dragonfly #Singapore #insect #biodiversity #macro #nature #bug #animal #wildlife

yellow-barred flutterer dragonfly (Rhyothemis phyllis) clinging to a grass blade as it roosts

budak

@budak@kopiti.am · 4 weeks ago

yur daily dozing dragon

#dragonfly #Singapore #insect #biodiversity #macro #nature #bug #animal #wildlife

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Finn

@finn@toot.fan · last month

Oh and I also saw a cool dragonfly that day! We have a lot of those guys because there is a rain collecting pong next to our house.

Cool guy! Somehow reminds me of the series Lexx... can anyone remember?

#Insect #Dragonfly

A dragonly on top of a plank of wood, it's about 5 to 6 cm long and red-brownish.

Finn

@finn@toot.fan · last month

Oh and I also saw a cool dragonfly that day! We have a lot of those guys because there is a rain collecting pong next to our house.

Cool guy! Somehow reminds me of the series Lexx... can anyone remember?

#Insect #Dragonfly

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kiwifoxtrot@pixey.org

@kiwifoxtrot@pixey.org · 2 months ago

Clearwing Moth (Hemaris thysbe) aka the Hummingbird moth

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #bloomscrolling #flowers #flowersphotography #insect #insectphotography #clearwingmoth #hummingbirdmoth #hummingbirdclearwing

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@kiwifoxtrot@pixey.org · 2 months ago

Bath Nature

@BathNature@ecoevo.social · 2 months ago

Highlights from a moth trap at Bath City Farm
Privet Hawkmoth
Small Elephant Hawkmoth
Lesser Swallow Prominent
Iron Prominent
#Bath #Somerset #UK #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ukwildlife #bathnature #insect #ukwildlife #moth #ukmoths #teammoth

Iron Prominent - a grey moth with rusty-brown markings

Lesser Swallow Prominent - a moth with black, white and rusty-brown markings

Small Elephant Hawkmoth - a moth with bright pink and yellow markings

Privet Hawkmoth - a large moth with pink markings on the abdomen

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KarinWanderer

@KarinWanderer@mastodon.art · 2 months ago

P is for… Potato Beetle💚
Join us for more #ArtABCs
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/p-is-for-palm-thimble

#MastoArt #Art #Watercolor #Watercolour #Beetle #TBT #Insect #Ink

Watercolor potato beetle, yellow with black stripes, having a chill day.

KarinWanderer

@KarinWanderer@mastodon.art · 2 months ago

P is for… Potato Beetle💚
Join us for more #ArtABCs
No AI, Yes alt text, CW as needed

https://dotart.blog/karin-wanderer-learns/p-is-for-palm-thimble

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Ele Willoughby, PhD

@minouette@spore.social · 2 months ago

This print shows a great little pollinator in the garden: a transverse-banded flower fly (Eristalis transversa) on Echinacea purpurea or purple coneflower. Because of its yellow stripes, tendency to hover (it’s a hover fly after all) and love of flowers, this little insect can be mistaken for a bee, but it’s a bee-mimic fly. Like the bees, it’s an important pollinator and friend to flowers and gardeners. 🧵1/2

As described this is my 8” x 10” print showing the centre of a purple echinacea flower. The centre of the flower is orange with black outlines and some yellow bits and occupies the lower right corner. Radiating out are several pink and violet petals. The background is green. On top of the centre of the flower is a transverse-banded flower fly facing the lower right corner. It is yellow and black striped with translucent wings and red-brown eyes.

Ele Willoughby, PhD

@minouette@spore.social replied · 2 months ago

The transverse-banded flower fly and purple coneflowers are native to eastern North America. Each print is made by hand on assorted, beautiful Japanese washi papers and collaged to make the final 8” x 10” image, which are hand-embellished with posca pens.

#linocut #printmaking #washi #flowerFly #insect #pollinator #echinacea #coneflower #sciart #mastoArt