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Western Pygmy Blue, Brephidium exilis

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Hypena scabra, an owlet moth.

He dreams of Paris

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This is most likely Spilosoma congrua (agreeable tiger moth). They're found throughout North America, and most densely populate the east coast.

A very cute moth indeed <3

Found a cute moth... figured I'd share lmao

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Secret Panel HERE 🦋 tapas.io/episode/353850

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I think one of the absolute most frustrating things for me personally about the current climate crisis / late stage capitalism hell is that ontop of people just outright denying it and acting like the rising temperatures are normal- there’s been like. A VERY noticeable decline in the amount of insects yearly. As someone who goes out of my way to see bugs, every single year for the past decade there has been a sharp decline in bugs. What used to be fun filled summer months running around, catching grasshoppers and petting caterpillars… there’s nothing. I’ve seen one grasshopper this year. I’ve not seen a single caterpillar! It’s currently the ant nuptial flight season in my area and I’ve seen 0 winged ants. They used to all but infest my home during flight season

I remember as a kid, I used to excitedly find ladybug larvae, and I’d relocate them to plants covered in aphids. But I’ve seen one ladybug in the past 5 years, and 0 larvae. I’ve not even seen any aphids. It’s so tangible, it’s so noticeable to me as someone who considered this my absolute favourite season to do my favourite activity in. And I know if the bugs are dying off, other things that eat those bugs are to.

And the absolute worst part? When I tell people about this, the average reaction is ‘good!’. A lot of people will express joy over there being less bugs in the world. Most will express how they’re glad they’ve been experiencing less mosquitos and I want to just grab by the shoulders and shake them and yell TONS OF BUGS JUST DISAPPEARING SHARPLY OVER THE YEARS IS NOT A GOOD THING !!

Anyways. Fellow entomology nerds, have any of you also noticed a drastic decrease in bugs you’re finding yearly or is my area just in a bug deficit.

#not enought dragonflies :(

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Acherontia atropos (the African death's-head hawkmoth) | cross stitch | august 2023

#LOOK AT THIS #not identifying lepidoptera #moth art #this is beautiful I love it so much

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@taikavaris submitted: No idea who this little fellow is but it got MAD that I opened up their house. I was just trying to collect plums for some jam, my friend :(

Love the absolutely wild flailing they did lol. You will be shocked to learn this is likely a plum fruit moth caterpillar!

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Chonky secret mustard AKA large yellow underwing 💛🪽... & a chonky not-so-secret mustard 😬

This species is an important pollinator of wildflowers, and it's larvae eat a whole range of herbaceous plants including dandelion, hawkweeds, and plantain.

To feed this chonk/give it something to eat other than your tomato plants, let a little of your garden grow wild.

Thank you from the Moth Promotional Board ✨🦋✨

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Imperial Moth - Eacles imperialis

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the most perfect and correct answer to #23 of my bug ask list has been found by my partner

Q: if you could rename any bug, which one and what would you call it?

A: replace any "lesser" or "common" in bug names with "special little"

examples:

special little Eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens)

special little appleworm (Grapholita prunivora)

special little brown scorpion (Isometrus maculatus)

all in favor please like and reblog

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close-ups of butterfly and moth wing scales

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Crimson Rose (Pachliopta hector), family Papilionidae, Kumarakom, Kerala, India

photograph by Charles J. Sharp 

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Vampire moth, please!! They drink blood from vertebrates.

Moth Of The Day #136

Vampire Moth

Calyptra thalictri

From the erebidae family. They have a wingspan of 40-45 mm. They tend to inhabit herb-rich and mosaic-like areas with steppe-like grasslands, rock fragments and sparse forests. They can be found in China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Southern Europe. This the most common species of the calyptra genus, which are all referred to as vampire moths, due to their ability to drink the blood of vertebraes, including humans.

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A gorgeous Luna Moth (Actius luna)!

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@heythereitsjune submitted: Hi! I found this cool bug on my friends car that ive never seen before! Any idea what it could be?

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Hello! 'Tis a larger elm leaf beetle :)

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Was blessed with my favorite today— Hyles lineata 🌸

#OH I LOVE WHITE LINED SPHINX MOTHS THEY'RE GORGEOUS #already identified #moths

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a mysterious and handsome moth showed up at the light last night & wouldn’t stop wiggling its feet!

a little searching turned up the species Lepidotarphius perornatella. it’s probably of East Asian origin, but established in small parts of the US where it feeds on reed-like Acorus (not sure if it eats the native one or only the introduced species).

I think the spots and tapping legs might be some sort of jumping spider mimicry, since they resemble salticid eyes and palps.

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