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thegorgonist · 7 months

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Day 11 was Promethea Moth (I did a male cherry promethea for the dark coloration!)

#moth boy #goth moth #promethea moth #cherry promethea moth #cute moth

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platycryptus · 8 months

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a mess of mature promethea moth caterpillars (Callosamia promethea) wriggling plumply after spending a little less than a month fattening up on wild cherry leaves

a smaller relative of the cecropia moth, these are one of the less well-known giant silkmoths in the US, but they might just be my favorite species to raise.

(Massachusetts, 8/20/23)

#moths #saturniidae #callosamia promethea #promethea moth #bugs #bugblr #insects #entomology #lepidoptera #caterpillars

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moths-daily · 7 months

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Moth Of The Day #189

Promethea Silkmoth / Cherry Silkmoth

Callosamia promethea

From the saturniidae family. They have a wingspan of 65-100 mm. They tend to inhabit deciduous forests. They can be found in North America. The males and females have different colartions; the males are mostly black, meanwhile females have a range of browns and reds.

Image sources: [1] [2]

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astanula · 11 months

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Time for a moth update- sorry for the delay!

If you remember this cross-species pairing from a while ago? Unfortunately it seems like this did not turn out to be a fertile pairing, since the cecropia is laying eggs rather lethargically. Still, it was a rare event to witness!

A comparison in size between Hyalophora cecropia and Callosamia promethea. Huge difference.

If that doesn’t give you an idea of the size of cecropia moths this might. They get even bigger than this!

A leftover photo that shows variation in individuals within a species. Notice the varying colors!

Since I can’t monitor the promethea moth eggs while I’m away, I made this setup to help them! This fine mesh cage is tightly zipped around a black cherry (Prunus serotina) branch and will provide plenty fresh food for if the caterpillars if they hatch.

For now that’s all in relation to my saturniid moths; thank you for the patience! I’ll try and share more photos of things outside of them soon!

#insects #bugs #lepidoptera #moths #silk moths #saturniidae #hyalophora #callosamia #cecropia moth #promethea moth

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macaw-squawks · 4 months

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Name + pronouns for mothkin with red themes!

Requested by; @fuzzytadpole

Hope this work! I asked one of my friends for some general moth themed names (since they know a lot about them) plus some more specific names for you around the color red and those specific moths! :> let me know if you'd like any changes!!

Names

Oleander

Promethea

Marathyssa

Atlas

Ernestine

Carolina

Aster

Isabella

Ash

Achemon

Olethreutes

Ailanthus

Scarlet

Luna

Cherry

Garnet

Rose

Adam

Carmine

Cormac

Pronouns

Moth/mothself

Buzz/buzzself

Fly/flyself

Wing/wingself

Flutter/flutterself

Light/lightself

Luna/lunaself

Night/nightself

Red/redself

Silk/silkself

Scarlet/scarletself

Rose/roseself

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dougdimmadodo · 2 years

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Promethea Silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)

Family: Saturniidae (Saturniid Moth Family)

IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed

Female Promethea Silkmoths are reddish brown and are active at night, while males are black and are active during the day. The difference in colouration between the two may be a result of their differing periods of activity- males have evolved to closely resemble the Pipevine Swallowtail (a poisonous species of butterfly) in order to deter potential predators such as songbirds and woodpeckers which are active during the day, while females avoid these predators entirely by only flying at night and so do not need to utilize mimicry to survive (although why males are active while females are not is something of a mystery, as they only survive for a very short period in their adult form and in this time their only aim is to find mates.) A short period in the early evening is the only time when both males and females are active at the same time, and as such it is only during this time that mating can occur - when receptive to mating a female will land on a suitably safe plant and produce pheromones to notify nearby males of her location. Shortly after mating a female will seek out a suitable host plant (which may include spicebushes, lilacs, sassafras or black cherry trees) and will lay a cluster of between 4 and 10 small, white, oval-shaped eggs on its leaves, which the caterpillars will later feed on as they grow. After reaching a suitable size and age the caterpillars will attach themselves to the underside of a leaf using silk that they produced from specialized organs known as spinnerets found near their mouth before wrapping the remains of the leaf around themselves to serve as a cocoon. They spend the winter in their cocoons and emerge as adults in the following spring, being ready to mate within hours of emerging and dying within a few weeks. Found in deciduous forests across the central and eastern USA, this species is immediately noticeable thanks to its considerable wingspan of between 7 and 10cm, with females typically growing to be larger than males.

Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81580-Callosamia-promethea

#promethea silkmoth #silkmoth #moth #moths #tw moths #tw insects #lepidoptera #saturniidae #insect #insects #entemology #zoology #biology #animal #animals

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coolbugs · 6 years

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Bug of the Day

Wee moth baybays!!! These are Promethea Moth caterpillars, Callosamia promethea, doing some aggregate feeding on black cherry...I am raising them from eggs. I have yet to catch them in the process of feeding, but they are so cute congregating in their little caterpillar clusters during the day!

#Promethea moth #Promethea #Callosamia promethea #Callosamia #Saturniidae #Lepidoptera #insect #moth #caterpillar

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visionarylifehakz-blog · 6 years

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Rose Family is Food of the Gods The Rosaceae is Apples, Pears, Plums, Cherries, Apricots, Peaches, Nectarines, Almonds, Quince, Medlar & Mulberry Juneberries, Hawthorns & Mountain Ash Wild forage Food. Shrubs, Cane Fruits, Raspberry, Alpine Strawberry and Roses are also edible as taught by my grandmother. Apple wood is used to smoke food Long live & prosper You can create Dyes, Crafts & Insects 🐜 Rosaceae provide copious amounts of early pollen and nectar for bees. Heavenly hosts for Butterflies. The Cherry/Plum/Nectarine hosts the Red Spotted Purple butterfly, Coral hairstreak butterfly, Striped Hairstreak butterfly 🦋 Tiger Swallowtail 🦋 Moths too, Small eyed sphinx, Black Etched Prominent, Yellow-necked Caterpillar, Eastern Tent Caterpillar 🐛 Promethea moth. Dog Rose 🥀 Carolina Rose, Swamp Rose, Meadow Rose Southern Crabapple Heavenly hosts Apple Sphinx. The Rose family are Shrubby Blackberry and Eelkek Blue Ridge Flora Wineberry cherished for its beautiful fruit. Wild Strawberry (Duchesnea indica), Sulphur Cinquefoil, Bradford Pear, Japanese Spirea Multiflora Rose A single plant of Multiflora rose can produce a million seeds a year Rose: is often used to help stop the breakdown of collagen & to help prevent scarring, and to help the body. Think 🤔 Brambles 💥 The rose's rarest essence lives in the thorns. Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi Rose: is stimulating and elevating to the mind. Its beautiful fragrance is felt to be aphrodisiac-like in nature #visionarylifehakz #grandmother #alchemy #gulkand #biodynamic #honey #wildfermentation #fermentedfoods #nourishingtraditions #naturalliving #organicgardening #homemade #homegrown #kidapproved #panacea #naturalmedicine #throwback @countrylifemagazine @the_rhs @britishvogue (at Wales)

#organicgardening #visionarylifehakz #biodynamic #nourishingtraditions #homemade #throwback #kidapproved #wildfermentation #gulkand #naturalliving #alchemy #naturalmedicine #honey #homegrown #panacea #fermentedfoods #grandmother

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