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SOME KIDS AT THE FOOTBALL GAME LET ME HOLD THE MOTH THEY CAUGHT!!!!

They asked for a dollar in return and I was like of course thats so worth it

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Okay after further searching!! Theres a good chance this is actually the waved sphinx moth [Ceratomia undulosa] of family Sphingidae!! Sorry for the wrong identification in the first place!!

SOME KIDS AT THE FOOTBALL GAME LET ME HOLD THE MOTH THEY CAUGHT!!!!

They asked for a dollar in return and I was like of course thats so worth it

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My bad!! I didnt know the location so i couldnt tell :< it looked closest to the convolvus but ill try looking for it again later bc tbf since this is a side profile theres a lot of hawkmoths that happen to look like that

SOME KIDS AT THE FOOTBALL GAME LET ME HOLD THE MOTH THEY CAUGHT!!!!

They asked for a dollar in return and I was like of course thats so worth it

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pink-striped oakworm moth [Anisota virginiensis] of family Saturniidae

A little fuzzy friend 🧡

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Idaea bonifata of family Geometridae

anyway looga this

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convolvus hawk-moth [Agrius convolvuli] of family Sphingidae

SOME KIDS AT THE FOOTBALL GAME LET ME HOLD THE MOTH THEY CAUGHT!!!!

They asked for a dollar in return and I was like of course thats so worth it

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Photo taken in eastern Tennessee. INaturalist couldn’t seem to identify it properly!

i had a very hard time trying to find this guy, but im pretty certain its Culasta indecisa of family Erebidae!!

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Indian mealmoth [Plodia interpunctella] [family Pyralidae] on my wall :)

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Purple-crested Slug (Adoneta spinuloides), caterpillar of a moth in the family Limacodidae, NH, USA

photographs by Brent Haglund

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virgin tiger moth [Apantesis virgo] of family Erebidae

OOC post of recent things! Been crafty lately…perhaps I should beam that to House

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9th one: Citheronia azteca of family Saturniidae

10th one: Ailanthus webworm moth [Atteva aurea] of family Attevidae

Went on a date at a botanical garden

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Three moths I found on a pinetree by my work.

Two of them seem to be…..entangled.

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false crocus geometer moth [Xanothype urticaria] of family Geometridae

just another one of these guys. apparently there is no moths in late summer‽ like I haven't seen any nice looking ones New or Old in the past month. what the fuck is happening to this planet

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waved sphinx moth [Ceretomia undullosa] of family Sphingidae

guys wtf why do i look like this my mom took this pics😭😭💔

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1st one: unsure

2nd one: green oslaria moth [Oslaria viridifera] of family Noctuidae

3rd one: sugarcane borer moth [Chilo terrenellus] of family Crambidae

mothy friends

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This is an Orange-Tipped Oakworm appreciation post, in honor of the caterpillar friend I encountered today :).

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I have been visited

BIG MOTH

(it's a female oak eggar)