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My boss insisted I "go look at Annabelle" before a storm rolled through. He was right, and I'm glad I did!
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vandaliatraveler · 2 years
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The secret life of ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis).
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faguscarolinensis · 7 months
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Atteva aurea on Phlox paniculata / Ailanthus Webworm Moth on Garden Phlox at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, NC
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mothsperhour · 6 months
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Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea) feeding on crownbeard (Verbesina sp.)
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crevicedwelling · 10 months
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Found in Ohio! I was wondering if you had any idea what this little guy is, but either way I wanted you to see them because I've never seen a bug like this before and the world is full of wonder
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an Ailanthus webworm, Atteva aurea. one of my favorite moths, especially because of its interesting history! while it is native to the southern US where its original host plant grows, it has now spread to almost the entire eastern half of the country and even some parts of Canada because it readily eats Ailanthus trees, an invasive weed that can grow just about anywhere.
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bogleech · 2 years
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my partner saw this bug this morning and we were wondering if you can identify it?
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Atteva aurea! It's a moth originally from only Florida and Costa Rica, but its caterpillars also took to feeding off the non-native ornamental Ailanthus tree, which is invasive across the country, so you can find these moths in many other places where they feed on the Ailanthus but don't mess with any native plants :)
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dawnblade · 8 months
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animal on my car
pretty sure its atteva aurea
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punkgardener · 7 months
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AILANTHUS WEBWORMMMM MOTH (Atteva aurea)
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(my photo of an Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva aurea)
This super cool little dude here was found chilling on my milkweed! They like my sedum a lot too which is where I normally find them, these guys are a native species to the eastern US and can be found pretty much all the way through Canada to Mexico, I've never seen them before this season and at first I thought they were a beetle because I never saw their proboscis or them fly, They get their name Ailanthus from the tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima, tree of heaven is an invasive species unlike the webworm moth which is native, but when the tree of heaven was introduced and began to spread, the range for the Webworm moth did to!
This is incredibly fascinating to me as I rarely think of invasive species and native ones working together. I always have thought of invasive species as being unusable by a native species. Even when a bee drinks nectar from a Chinese privet or a bird nests in a Bradford pear, I always thought that was the limit of the use, something that just takes the place of something more beneficial, but while that still is the case for some species of plant and animal, in the case of the Ailanthus Webworm moth, it has truly used the tree of heaven to its advantage. I've never heard of or thought of a native species using an invasive one in this way, to further its own gain and spread across the US. I find it truly fascinating!
I'm not saying this is a good or bad thing of course; I despise invasive species especially ones as fast acting and destructive as the tree of heaven. I just think it's interesting to see how the tree of heaven has also facilitated the spread of a species that was already a US native.
Also I found this at the end of one website explaining why they weren't a serious pest and I thought it totally sounded like the webworm moth wrote it:
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Links to where I learned this stuff:
If anyone else has seen these guys and wants to add any pictures or info, please do! Let's share all the knowledge we can!
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snickeringdragon · 1 year
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please tell me everything about something you are very very normal about
im sure you were expecting a blorbo or something but youre going to hear about biology now anon.
im just gonna share a bunch of animals i like :] warning for insects, arachnids, and other creatures
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lets start with this. this is a polyphemus moth! (Antheraea polyphemus) belonging to family saturniidae (giant silk moths) which s known for having some of the largest moth species in the world!! including THE largest species the atlas moth (Attacus atlas) but this aint about him. these photos are of a pair i found that had likely mated shortly before this! the female (left) was eggbound :] you can tell which one is female ans which one is male by the antennae!! females will have smooth antennae and males antennae are covered in that like. feather like shit. males use this to pick up the females pheromones :]]
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heres another moth i found!! this little fella is an alianthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea,) arent their patterns gorgeous? :]
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this is my favorite snake!! the rhinoceros viper (Bitis nasicornis,) with such beautiful coloring, the little horns on their nose, the fat fuck friday swag, and everything else these guys are just Flawless. also i have a plush of one named lightning! you can find a photo of him in my pinned post :] rhino viper fun fact! theres a species in the same genus called Bitis rhinoceros and yet that one ISNT the rhinoceros viper. isnt this shit crasy.
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this fella is a thresher shark! specifically Alopias pelagicus, the pelagic thresher. there are three extant species of thresher shark and ill admit im not actually too familiar with them! but i DO like treshers as a whole! they use their long tail fin to whip shit. thats fucking awesome. i saw a thresher at an aquarium when i was a little kid and i was so scared it was so funny. thats why theyre my favorite shark now :]
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these are eastern pondhawks! Erythemis simplicicollis, now i HAVE seen these in person but i cant find my old photos of them :( the color variation you see here is sexual dimorphism! the females are that beautiful green color and the males are that beautiful blue color! incredible.
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cobalt blue tarantula. Cyriopagopus lividus. must i say anything more. its a bright ass blue spider.
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and with these ive hit my image limit! what a wonder animal to end this on, this is Deinonychus antirrhopus, a dromaeosaur (raptor!) and my personal favorite dinosaur! if im not mistaken, the "velociraptors" in jurassic park were actually based of deinonychus and not velociraptor! i dont really go there tho so please note i very well Could be mistaken. fun fact! the most well known species of velociraptor (there are two) is Velociraptor mongoliensis :]
all images that were not taken by me (everything except the polyphemus moths and alianthus webworm moth) were just grabbed from the wikipedia pages for these guys. biology so cool
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zoology-time · 2 years
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva aurea
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udc793 · 1 year
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The ailanthus webworm (Atteva aurea) is an ermine moth now found commonly in the United States. It was formerly known under the scientific name Atteva punctella (see Taxonomy section). This small, very colorful moth resembles a true bug or beetle when not in flight, but in flight it resembles a wasp. (at Arlington, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj-ODSMO-BlKU5CpwNu01yrE6WdM9UV264d7Zo0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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love-elizabeth · 2 years
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Happy National Moth Week! 🐛 Taking this opportunity to share a few of the beauties we have here in Florida 🥰 🐛 1 Hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) 2 Spotted oleander moth (Empyreuma pugione) 3 Ailanthus webworm moth (Atteva aurea) 4 Banded sphinx (Eumorpha fasciatus) 5 A type of banded snout moth? 6 Tersa sphinx (Xylophanes tersa) 7 Rustic sphinx (Manduca rustica) ☀️ 🐛 🔎 #florida #bug #insect #moth #lepidoptera #macro #nature #naturelovers #nature_brilliance #fiftyshades_of_nature #hummingbirdmoth #hummingbirdclearwing #bandedsphinxmoth #bandedsnoutmoth #tersasphinx #ailanthuswebwormmoth #spottedoleandermoth #rusticsphinxmoth (at Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CgnlhvWM3of/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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coolbugs · 3 years
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Bug of the Day
A reminder that somehow, somewhere, there is tree of heaven nearby...
(Ailanthus webworm moth, Atteva aurea)
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insects2020 · 3 years
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This deco cloaked dandy is considered a micro moth - I want a silk scarf that looks like this. This was an exciting discovery for me - I couldn’t believe the beauty of this tiny thing and the patterns and the color seem so relevant to my human culture. Imagine my disappointment when I found its name: Ailanthus Webworm Moth.
William Harper - Evanston, August 2020
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celestialmacros · 5 years
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea)
Aug. 25, 2018
Southeastern Pennsylvania
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dendroica · 5 years
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Ailanthus Webworm Moth on goldenrod (by me)
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