Purple-edged Crambid Moth (Pitama hermesalis), family Crambidae, Borneo
photograph by Valentin Golubkov
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Male margined green pearl moth, Parotis marginata, Crambidae
Note: The bristles at the end of the abdomen are a structure known as a hair-pencil. Hair-pencils are found on male Lepidopterans and used for pheromone signaling. The pheromones secreted from the hair-pencil glands serve as an aphrodisiac and tranquilizer for females, and sometimes as a repellent for males of the same species. The hair-pencil structure is stored inside the body until courtship begins, at which time it is everted.
Photographed in New South Wales by dhobern
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Have you done Cynaeda dentalis? They are beautiful and mimic the dry seedheads of Dactylis glomerata (Cocksfoot Grass)
Moth Of The Day #277
Cynaeda dentalis
From the crambidae family. They have a wingspan of 19-22 mm. They can be found in Europe, Jordan, Turkey and Cape Verde.
Image sources: [1] [2]
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Bug of the Day
This very cool orange caterpillar is the Dogbane Saucrobotys (Saucrobotys futilalis). I typically see congregations of this species on the dogbane in my yard. This one was flying solo, perhaps because it was so close to pupating. Still eatin' tho! :-)
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[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 3RD, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a black and white crambid moth on a yellow lightbulb. The light is creating a sort of beaming effect around the moth, contrasting with darkness around it /End IDs.]
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Golden Crambid Moths
Neargyria argyraspis
21/03/23
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Straw-barred Pearl, Pyrausta despicata Canon 7D EFA 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/125 iso: 500 Prague, Czech Republic 8/2/2018
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moths!
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Nevrina procopia ハグルマノメイガ
2019, Japan
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The Snout Moths Come in Many Different Colorful Patterns
Hidden in the Grass
Back in September, when I was returning home after a hike, I flushed several small striped moths out of the grass on the back of my property. Fortunately, this time I didn’t flush any of them into a spiders web. But I did follow one to try to get some photos. I was intrigued to see what they were since they were so small. Had I not disturbed them, I would never have seen…
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Green Crambid Moth (Parotis marginata), male showing off his coremata, family Crambidae, Blackheath, NSW, Australia
photograph by Donald Hobern
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Moth Of The Day #279
Eurrhypis pollinalis
From the crambidae family. They have a wingspan of 28-33 mm. They tend to inhabit warm and sunny places. They can be found southern and central Europe.
Image sources: [1] [2]
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Bug of the Day
I have a ton of these orange mint moths (Pyrausta orphisalis) in my yard because I grow over a dozen different types of mint and related herbs in the Lamiaceae. Always a treat to see one because they are so beautiful!
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[PHOTO TAKEN: JULY 20TH, 2023 | Image ID: A photo of a brown, white, and black grape leaffolder moth in a spider web with a grey surface in the background /End IDs.]
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Photo 1 - Cyme quadrilineata / Photo 2 - Schistophleps albida
Photo 3 - Plectophila sp. / Photo 4 - Philobota sp.
Photo 5 - Batrachedra sp. / Photo 6 - Stathmopoda auriferella
Photo 7 - Hypenodinae sp. / Photo 8 - Crambidae sp.
Moths spotted in a small country town.
Any found IDs will be added to this post.
08/09/23 - Lepidoptera
QLD:CQC - Mackay, in city
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