Moths? You want moths? I've got moths!
This week I finished uploading to #iNaturalist my four nights of moth lighting at our house, which I do once a season. I got 65 moth species this Spring, including four new species for our garden.
Here are some of the highlights. I like how much diversity of forms and colours and textures are amongst moths. It's a shame that they're so underappreciated compared to their showy daytime relatives. NZ has some great moths.
(The moth names are in the alt-text.)
A photo of a triangular shaped blotch pink moth (above) and a white moth with black zig-zag shapes (below).
The top moth is the NZ endemic Common Forest Looper moth, Pseudocoremia suavis.
The lichen moth below it is the NZ endemic Izatha katadiktya.
For my full-res photo and observation details see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324611809
A photo of an elegant green moth with zig-zag patterns of paler green and white.
This is the Dotted Green Carpet moth, Asaphodes beata, a NZ endemic.
For my full-res photo and observation details see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324611981
A photo of a large tan brown moth with geometric triangular wing shape.
This is the NZ endemic Tarata Looper moth, Xyridacma ustaria
For my full-res photo and observation details see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324611949
A photo of a pale green and black speckled moth.
This is the NZ endemic moth Izatha huttonii.
For my full-res photo and observation details see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/324682172