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Carolina sphinx Manduca sexta

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Look at this gorgeous girl I found the other day

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Moth appreciation day!

Thank you for appreciating this moth.

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As @onenicebugperday is not currently accepting submissions, here is a moth friend I found at work.

They (I think they are a ‘she,’ but I’m not sure) was trying to sleep in a very bright spot that gets way too hot come midday.

I moved our friend to a more sheltered spot.

I’m pretty sure they’re in the family Saturniidae. I don’t know which species. Their secondary wings were a beautiful shade of sunset pink, but they weren’t interested in showing them off aside from annoyed fluttering.

Covering their little face 🥺🩷

Here is a video of them tucking their face, and those big eyes!, into their fluff. Sorry for the blurry quality at some parts.

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☆*: .｡. moth stimboard .｡.:*☆

ty to everyone who voted in the poll! ✧

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Moth Of The Day #69

Common Plume Moth / Morning-glory Plume Moth / T-moth

Emmelina monodactyla

From the pterophoridae family. They have a wingspan of 18-27 mm. They tend to inhabit woodland, scrub, hedgerows and gardens. They can be found in Europe, Japan, Central Asia, North Africa and North America. 

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Moths on the blacklighting equipment (not mine, a colleague's). IDs in tags.

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@greenix submitted: mystery bug from [removed] (please remove location)! found this little guy on my plants. iNat was startlingly unhelpful with him!

also, here's a gorgeous Polyphemus moth I found the other day. wishing you good bug sightings!

I'm surprised iNat was unhelpful with the first because they're very common! It's a lady beetle pupa, likely an Asian lady beetle. The polyphemus moth is beautiful if a bit battered! I love her. And thank you! I have definitely been seeing some nice bugs lately :)

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- Tags ID'd this little guy as the Virginian tiger moth :) -

hello, im baby

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My favourite moth, the Spanish moon moth 🥺💕

🦋 | source

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[PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 19TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a pink and yellow rosy maple moth hanging onto a rusted white metal surface /End ID.]

I loaded an absolute ton of sticks into the back of this truck and this moth didn't even remotely care, it just wanted to stay there and vibe!

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Bug of the Day

Zoom zoom!!!!!

(luna moth)

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Went mothing with a friend last night. Saw lots of cool things! The highlight for me was definitely Callosamia promethea. Ceratomia undulosa and Paonias myops made an appearance as well.

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Moth Of The Day #70

Heart Moth

Dicycla oo

From the noctuidae family. They have a wingspan of 32-39 mm. They tend to inhabit hedgegrows and fields. They can be found mainly in Europe.

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@alexmey-does-an-arts submitted: some domestic silkworms (bombyx mori) :) they are SUCH little sweeties

Ohoho!! Please tell the children that they are perfect

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@honeyedbrie submitted: my mom found this cool dude and one of his friends in my yard last week, I believe it's a blinded sphinx?? at least that was the ID google gave me:-)

I'm in the North Okanagan in B.C., Canada!

It is indeed a blinded sphinx! And a very nice one, at that. Hope they're out there living their best moth life...

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Found an amazing and lorge moth at work today.

Today has been a glorious day.

Pachysphinx modesta or the modest sphinx moth.