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rattyexplores · 1 year

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Hawk Moth at the Show Grounds

Agrius convolvuli

13/07/22

#Agrius convolvuli #Convolvulus Hawkmoth #Agrius #Acherontiina #Sphingini #Sphinginae #Sphingidae #Sphinx Moths #Bombycoidea #Lepidoptera #moths #mothblr #mothcore #moth #moths tw #Lepidopterology #entomology

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thiccydriftyy · 23 days

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MOTH ROUNDUP!

Superfamily Bombycoidea!

Thatcher Davis- Luna Moth (Actias Luna) Family Saturniidae

Ruth Weaver- Polyphemus Moth (Antheraea Polytheumus) Family Saturniidae

Adam Murray- Io Moth (Automeris Io) Family Saturniidae

N- Bog Buck Moth (Hemileuca Maia Menyanthevora) Family Saturniidae

Gabriel- Death’s Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia Lachesis) Family Sphingidae

Superfamily Noctuoidea!

The Intruder/Six- Black Rustic Moth (Aporophyla Nigra) Family Noctuidae

Mark Heathcliff- Hebrew Character Moth (Orthosia Gothica) Family Noctuidae

Sarah Heathcliff- Transparent Quaker Moth (Orthosia Transparens) Family Noctuidae

Evelin Miller- Beautiful Wood Nymph Moth (Eudryas Grata) Family Noctuidae

Dave Lee- Devil’s eye moth/Demon Eye (Erebus Ephesperis) Family Noctuidae

The Preacher- Clymeme Moth (Haploa Clymeme) Family Erebidae

Cesar Torres- Cinnabar Moth (Tyria Jacobaeae) Family Erebidae

Superfamily Zygaenoidea!

Jonah Marshall- Southern Flannel Moth (Megalopyge Opercularis) Family Megalopygidae

Mervin Marshall- Black-Waved Flannel Moth (Megalopyge Crispata) Family Megalopygidae

Superfamily Geometroidea!

Lynn Murray- Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria) Family Geometridae

Verity Okawa- False Tiger Moth (Dysphania Militaris) Family Geometridae

Superfamily Pyraloidea!

Jude Murray- Greater Wax Moth (Galleria mellonella) Family Pyralidae

#tmc moth au #Mothdela Thatcher #Mothdela Ruth #Mothdela Adam #Mothdela N #Mothdela Gabriel #Mothdela Six #Mothdela Mark #Mothdela Sarah #Mothdela Evelin #Mothdela Dave #Mothdela Preacher #Mothdela Cesar #Mothdela Jonah #Mothdela Mervin #Mothdela Lynn

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deathtek · 3 years

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5/8/21

#animal #insect #moth #hawk moth #Sphingidae #Lepidoptera #insecta #Bombycoidea

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animalids · 4 years

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Hummingbird moth (Hemaris sp.)

Photo by Millie Cruz

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dendroica · 5 years

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Hummingbird Clearwing Moth, Hemaris thysbe (by me)

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toddjdreyer · 5 years

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The 909th moth documented in my backyard, Hemaris thysbe.

#hemaris thysbe #Hummingbird clearwing #Lepidoptera #Bombycoidea #Sphingidae #Sphinx Moth #Macroglossinae #Dilophonotini #Moth #Middlesex County #New Jersey

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pixie1013 · 3 years

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I love these guys. Boy will they destroy some tomato plants though, so I pull any tomato hornworms off that I find, and raise them indoors. Behold the beautiful Five Spotted Hawk Moth 💜 #fivespottedhawkmoth #tomatohornworm #hawkmoth #sphingidae #sphynxmoth #sphinxmoth #moth #moths #Lepidoptera #bombycoidea #winged #wings #nocturnal #metamorphosis #princessagatha #mothgirl #buggirl #redlipstick #insect #insecthobby #southcarolinainsects #bugkeeping #bugkeeper #buglover #entomology (at Pixieland Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR0c5tZnjns/?utm_medium=tumblr

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jadafitch · 7 years

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Pink-striped Oakworm Moth

#pink-striped oakworm moth #oakworm moth #moth #lepidoptera #Aniston virginesis #bombycoidea #illustration #painting #watercolor #art #jada fitch

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lycomorpha · 2 years

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Saturnia pavoniella (female) by Patrick Laferl Via Flickr: Saturnia pavoniella (Scopoli, 1763) Bombycoidea▸Saturniidae▸Saturniinae▸Saturniini Small emperor moth (EN), Südliches Kleines Nachtpfauenauge (DE) Reared from the egg. She emerged on March 27th. From Austria.

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xcherry-popx · 3 years

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:0 a moth if your up for it?

your icon reminds me of pink and yellow moths such as:

the primrose moth (Schinia florida),

chickweed geometer (Haematopis grataria)

and the pink prominent moth (Hyperpax aurora)

but you blog feels similar to moths such as:

the brimstone moth (Opisthograptis luteolata),

black-veined yellow moth (Siona lineata),

or pink-striped oakworm moth (Anisota virginiensis).

for some reason, even though i think of pale colors with you, a lot of the moths that remind me of you are saturated in color? lots of pink and yellows too. i wonder why.

there are 44 families of moths, split into 23 superfamilies!

the moths listed are distributed among 3 superfamilies! the noctuoidea superfamily (primrose: noctuidae family, pink prominent: notodontidae family) holds 52,000 species in its 8 families, geometroidea superfamily (chickweed geometer, brimstone moth, and black-veined yellow moth, all in the geometridae family) holding almost 22,000 species in two families [21,000 of which belong to the geometridae family], and the bombycoidea superfamily (pink-striped oakworm: saturniidae family) which holds 3,400 species in its three families.

all in all, there are believed to be approximetly 160,000 species of lepidoptera (many of which are currently undescribed!) with moths being most of them and butterflies supplying the rest.

there are actually few practical differences between moths and butterflies: while traditionally we say butterflies are diurnal, have clubbed antenna, colorful wings held up a certain way, as we discover more and more lepidoptera it becomes clear things arenʻt that simple. you could say butterfly features are just traits that certain moths adopt, some to greater extent than others. its a manmade category, not a natural one.

sources:

https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Schinia-florida

https://livingwithinsects.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/chickweed-geometer/

http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8022

http://blogs.reading.ac.uk/whiteknightsbiodiversity/campus-species-lists/animals/insecta-insects/lepidoptera-moths/moth-gallery/1906-brimstone-moth/

https://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Andes%20-%20Pachydota%20nervosa.htm

https://bugguide.net/node/view/1578866

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rattyexplores · 2 years

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This particular caterpillar was very photogenic.

Gnathothlibus eras

25/01/22

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tsuu3 · 3 years

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晩夏ブナ林灯火でのヤママユガ。モスは難しい。模様は同じに見えるが色が結構違う。また、この時期に新成虫が出てくるのだろうか？灯火に来たモスは殆ど新品で、鱗粉が多かった。来年はこの時期にもモスの先生にご一緒願おう(^^) #日本 #Japan #長野県 #Nagano #小谷村 #Otari #ライトトラップ #light_trap #Moth_trap #今峰全方位HID #Imamine_AllDirection_HID #昆虫 #Insecta #甲虫 #鱗翅目 #チョウ目 #Lepidoptera #蛾 #moth #カイコガ上科 #Bombycoidea #ヤママユガ科 #Saturniidae #ヤママユ　#Antheraea_yamamai (長野県小谷村) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTZzGcIPSEF/?utm_medium=tumblr