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i have a moth in my room and even tho i have a strong fear of moths hell probably stay the night if hes gonna behave
Needed a new background for something. So why not get a little buggy with it!
Moth Of The Day #212
Lily Moth / Indian Lily Moth
Polytela gloriosae
From the noctuidae family. They have a wingspan of about 29 mm. They are found in Sri Lanka and possibly Indonesia.
Image sources: [1] [2]
Moth Of The Day #251
Marbled Emperor
Heniocha dyops
From the saturniidae family. They can be found in Angola, Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Tanzania.
Image sources: [1] [2] [3] [4]
Please could you show the world my favourite moth, Moma alpium, the Scarce merveille du jour? Its very special to me, and I hope others can appreciate it too.
Moth Of The Day #270
Scarce Merveille du Jour
Moma alpium
From the noctuidae family. They have a wingspan of 30-35 mm. They can be found in the Palearctic Realm.
Image sources: [1] [2]
Moth Of The Day #291
Larch Tolype / Larch Lappet Moth
Tolype laricis
From the lasiocampidae family. They can be found in eastern North America.
Image source: [1] [2]
Moth Of The Day #272
Coenobasis amoena
From the limacodidae family. There is little to no information recorded about this moth.
Image sources: [1] [2]
Abbott's Sphinx Moth: this caterpillar has a false eye on its rump; it mimics the features of a vertebrate's eye, and even includes a white reflection spot
The formal name for this species is Sphecodina abbottii.
From Minnesota Seasons:
The caterpillar is up to 3″ (7.5 cm) long. Middle stage (instar) caterpillars are whitish to bluish-green. In place of the horn found on other sphinx caterpillars, there is a raised orange knob on the eighth abdominal segment (A8). Final instar caterpillars come in two color forms. The brown color form has longitudinal streaks of light and dark brown mimicking the color of a woody vine. The green form has on each abdominal segment a large, pale green, saddle-shaped spot on the upper side and a similar smaller spot on each side. The pattern is said to mimic a bunch of unripe grapes. Both forms have a black, raised, eye-like knob on A8 complete with a small white spot mimicking reflected light.
When the caterpillar is pinched or poked, it often squeaks and bites at the attacker.
The fully-developed moth also has a unique appearance -- it has an ash-grey/blue coloration with streaks of pink and black.
Sources & More Info:
Encyclopedia of Life: Sphecodina abbottii
Insect Identification: Abbott's Sphinx Moth
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Saukeville Field Station
Minnesota Seasons: Abbott's Sphinx Moth
University of Minnesota Garden Extension: Abbott's Sphinx
Will death consume us all in the end?
I'm my art class we talked about symposium in art so I was inspired to put some of that with my own art and characters, anyways might post more of my traditional art on here :D
Theo is my original character credit me if you use him
Scruffy idea while trying to get a shiny Frosmoth last night, still moth coded despite disadvantages
Emotions are weird.... (full 5 pages)
Gonna try doing mini comics again 👌
Make sure to hold your girlfriend guys
used pride flag colors for some of my characters, I should probably do more honestly
miriam, asher, and kerpourous!
hello!! i have decided to finally post something because my hands refused to work with me regarding how fast i draw,,, but i have three moth characters!! their names, respectively from left to right, are miriam, asher, and kerpourous!
miriam’s a blue day [dysphania palmyra], asher’s an orange underwing [archiearis parthenias], and kerpourous is a hummingbird clearwing [kerpo for short, hemaris thysbe]!! i love them all so much and i would advise you to check the actual moths themself out, cause they’re very neat!!!
i made these three characters because i had an actual small thing i’m creating? i’d call it the moth grounds, created by a moth guardian and it can be found randomly in the wastelands, but it’s pretty hard to find,,, anyway i was just doing some neat worldbuilding because moths are pretty cool!! [and i’ve also made a kingdom based on moths alone before, so i thought i’d do it again!!]
these three are important, though they travel away from the moth grounds!! ask any questions about them :]
anyway, pls remember to have a good day and to take care of urself!!
Lost over radio.
Little dabble with surrealism like on the main subject. To butterboy and mothballs.
"Because when the good men stand to be counted, where will I find you?"
"Back to back with someone who has mine and I theres."
they look so fluffy and pretty
Moths appreciation post
MOTH DABIHAUL
"Dabihaul should be hinted/canon,” I say into the mic.
The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.
"He's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 2nd row stands: Kai Chisaki.
Hedge Brown, Meadow Brown and Ringlet Butterflies and Emperor Moth ❀
Ladybird Nature Corner ~ illustrated by Leigh Pemberton
TIL that moths can actually photosynthesise. Pretty cool