@pirarucu @autistics I've been saving this #moth / #butterfly for a rainy day. I took this #photo in #HongKong . #photography #wildlife #Insects

TIL that hawk moths pollinate night blooming flowers 🥹🌙

#hawkmoth #moth #biodiversity

TIL that hawk moths pollinate night blooming flowers 🥹🌙

#hawkmoth #moth #biodiversity

@pirarucu @autistics I've been saving this #moth / #butterfly for a rainy day. I took this #photo in #HongKong . #photography #wildlife #Insects

#MothOfTheDay is a stunner.

You may recognise it from my profile pic, but one came to visit the #moth box last night. The gloriously beautiful #green and black mosaic of:

MERVEILLE DU JOUR
Griposia aprilina

Larvae feed on oak.

One of my absolute favourite moths of the year.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #naturalworld #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #autumn #october #conservation #biodiversity #alttext

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

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

Luna moth (Actias luna rubromarginata)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
#moth #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography
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Luna moth (Actias luna rubromarginata)
Ice Age National Scientific Reserve Unit, Baraboo, WI, USA
#moth #insects #lepidoptera #nature #naturephotography
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The light keeper.

Gouache on toned paper. Sharing the cleaned-up version for #InverteFest

#MastoArt #painting #moth

I heard there were cool #moth stickers/art at #defcon33, but I haven’t seen any photos. Anyone want to point me to one or share one? My kids are interested too.

Mof

#Moth

Another contribution from my teen, this sweet wee woolly bear (probably a Virginian tiger moth, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢) found close to home:

#CaterpillarDay#WoollyBear #caterpillar #moth #mothstodon #lepidoptera #insects

Another contribution from my teen, this sweet wee woolly bear (probably a Virginian tiger moth, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢) found close to home:

#CaterpillarDay#WoollyBear #caterpillar #moth #mothstodon #lepidoptera #insects

Back in New Mexico for a couple weeks. Here's a nursing bighorn sheep, a rufous hummingbird, a sphinx moth gathering nectar, and a still life with Big Milly the millipede, named to contrast with a beetle my kid called Little Billy a couple weeks ago.
#NaturePhotography #moth #hummingbird #millipede#NewMexico

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