#Erebid moth

[lilylauk]

I finished what is perhaps by favorite work of art to date… I’ve named them Erebid, after the moth I based them on

Behold… my Child (and the glowy thing they’re holding too) ((and the Erebid moth I used as reference))

[dt75artblog]

mothman is real. and bisexual. and in your area. in the upcoming yet-to-be-named slug game

[crevicedwelling]

harvesting leaf litter for the isopods today and because I handpick it I can make sure I don’t hurt any bycatch. I found three little caterpillars and made sure to put them aside and replace them after picking up the leaves.

there’s a cutworm moth (noctuid), a skipper butterfly(hesperiid), and a litter moth (erebid). I also saw dozens of ghost spiders, a couple weevils, and lots of rove beetles.

leaf litter is a necessary home (and food! the litter moth eats detritus) to so many animals over the winter. if you live in a place with deciduous trees leave the litter be, or at least move it somewhere that the critters can rest until spring.

[jestervomit]

she later inhaled it herself out of curiosity and almost passed out (from the erispam and also from the indirect kiss >. <)

@rose-above-dark WAKE THE GUCK UP ITS TIME TO LOOK AT ART AGHHHHHHH

[onenicebugperday]

Hi! A few weeks ago, there was this moth in my room (new england)

Im PRETTY sure its a glossy black idia moth, since thats the closest i could find

Anyway it was sitting above my doorway taunting me :p

Just wanted to share the lil guy

(Usually when moths get in they move way too much to take a picture of)

Pretty cute lil friend! I think I'd need closer/clearer photos to ID it properly. It does look a bit like Idia moths, but the markings are reading more Noctuid than Erebid to me. So I suppose I ID this one as....a pal :)

[lucasluvia]

THE KING!! Excited to see them in purgatory and loving it so far. Also can't not draw a moth when i see one (loosely based my design on an erebid moth :] )

[deathmoth-blog]

Beautiful black witch moth

The erebid moth Ascalapha odorata, commonly known as the black witch, is a large bat-shaped, dark-colored nocturnal moth, normally ranging from the southern United States to Brazil. Ascalapha odorata is also migratory into Canada and most states of United States. It is the largest noctuoid in the continental United States. In the folklore of many Central American cultures, it is associated with death or misfortune.

Female moths can attain a wingspan of 24 cm. The dorsal surfaces of their wings are mottled brown with hints of iridescent purple and pink, and, in females, crossed by a white bar. The diagnostic marking is a small spot on each forewing shaped like a number nine or a comma. This spot is often green with orange highlights. Males are somewhat smaller, reaching 12 cm in width, darker in color and lacking the white bar crossing the wings. The larva is a large caterpillar up to 7 cm in length with intricate patterns of black and greenish-brown spots and stripes.

The black witch lives from the southern United States, Mexico and Central America to Brazil, and has apparently been introduced to Hawaii.[citation needed]

The black witch flies north during late spring and summer. One was caught during an owl banding project at the Whitefish Point lighthouse on the shoreline of Lake Superior in July 2020.[citation needed]

The black witch is considered a harbinger of death in Mexican and Caribbean folklore. In many cultures, one of these moths flying into the house is considered bad luck: e.g., in Mexico, when there is sickness in a house and this moth enters, it is believed the sick person will die, though a variation on this theme (in the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas) is that death only occurs if the moth flies in and visits all four corners of one's house (in Mesoamerica, from the pre-Hispanic era until the present time, moths have been associated with death and the number four). In some parts of Mexico, people joke that if one flies over someone's head, the person will lose his hair.

In Jamaica, under the name duppy bat, the black witch is seen as the embodiment of a lost soul or a soul not at rest. In Jamaican English, the word duppy is associated with malevolent spirits returning to inflict harm upon the living and bat refers to anything other than a bird that flies. The word "duppy" (also: "duppie") is also used in other West Indian countries, generally meaning "ghost".

In Brazil it is called "mariposa-bruxa", "mariposa-negra", "bruxa-negra", and "bruxa", and it is also believed that when a moth of this type enters the house it can bring some "bad omen", signaling the death of a resident. In the Ecuadorian highlands they are called Tandacuchi and in Peru Taparacuy or Taparaco. These countries share the belief that if this moth, a messenger of death, appears in your home, someone will die very soon.

In Hawaii, black witch mythology, though associated with death, has a happier note in that if a loved one has just died, the moth is an embodiment of the person's soul returning to say goodbye. In the Bahamas, where they are locally known as money moths or money bats, the legend is that if they land on you, you will come into money, and similarly, in South Texas, if a black witch lands above your door and stays there for a while, you will supposedly win the lottery.

In Paraguay and Argentina, this insect is mostly known as "ura", and there is a popular belief that this moth urinates and leaves worms on the skin of people and animals. However, the insect that lays eggs in the skin and whose larvae become embedded in the flesh is the colmoyote or screwworm (Dermatobia hominis).

In Spanish, the black witch is known as "mariposa de la muerte". Other names for the moth include the papillion-devil, la sorcière noire, the mourning moth or the sorrow moth.[citation needed]

Black witch moth pupae were placed in the mouths of victims of serial killer 'Buffalo Bill' in the novel The Silence of the Lambs. In the movie adaptation, they were replaced by death's-head hawkmoth pupae.

[bugology]

Erebid moth + Honeybee that looks slightly terrifying. The stripes on Hunnie’s legs are actually “dyed” with pollen along with the highlights in their head fuzz

[bowelfly]

So I've done more looking and can confirm many (but not all) tiger moths are indeed unable to eat as adults, but information on them online is really inconsistent. Looking up the Isabella tiger (woolly bear) for example, some resources say they can eat, some say they can't, and most of them just don't even mention adult diet at all. I'm not sure why this information is so much harder to find compared to other moths like Saturniidae?

oh yeah, micropterigids are the most basal extant lepidopteran family and diverged from the rest before the evolution of the classic proboscis mouthparts.

as far as why it's harder to come by information about adult tiger moth diets vs saturniid moth diets, i'd say it's probably because lots of people raise the big flashy saturniids as pets but i've rarely heard of anyone doing so with erebids or other smaller macroleps, so there's less interest and less public-facing information out on the internet. if you dig into books geared towards actual lepidopterists you'd probably find more reliable information. anyway as a certified Woolybear Fan, i'm all in favor of (responsible) tiger moth husbandry

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTOS TAKEN: MAY 31ST, 2024 | Image IDs: Two photos of a brown Erebid moth on the underside of a white and black surface /End IDs.]

[thewolfisawake]

So, Balmoral has that 'd/sney princess' in him that he can talk to something that really should not be able to talk to him. In this case, it is bugs. Although, following his penchant, moths are the most common. There are some that Balmoral keeps around as some semblance of 'pets' but they more serve as a different sort of communication.

These moths are technically regular moths but have been steeped with Balmoral's magic that they are certainly stronger and have a few quirks that are not normal. Their life span for one since they have been alive for centuries (though Bal has certainly lost some through his centuries and legit gets bummed when he loses one). The communicator thing probably being the biggest. This originally stemmed from them being bonded with Bal so they could correspond to him not vice versa. But he decided to try and figure out the reverse. And they can serve as conduits for him although it does risk them.

I do have a few that do have names and the like:

Coorie: First mentioned with Sivel but quickly became my favorite. She's really lazy and a cuddlebug, thus her name, and most likely to be hiding in Bal's hair or clothes. She's based off the silk moth (so she's basically all white) but is odd because she is not domesticated, thus she can actually fly.

Valiant: First mentioned in the drabbles of Mhoirbheinn's reaction to Bal's disappearance. They're, unsurprisingly, very brave. Mainly noted as one of the few moths not afraid of Mhoirbheinn. They're based on the cinnabar moth (red and black) and Bal likens them to his love. Although seemingly named for bravery, it was mainly because they survived a battle that would've eviscerated any other.

Thistle: Mentioned in Solanine's bio. The name was more arbitrary than others but it is stalwart in its endeavors. They're based on the erebid moth (brown but can have blue and purple coloring under some lighting). Generally more chill and one of the longest lived ones.

[starwolf271]

An unnamed moth person that I'd love to play someday. She's a Stars Druid/Astral Self Monk that got sent to the Astral Plane and meditated on the body of a dead moth god for so long that she lost her memories and turned into a space moth. Physically, she's modeled after an Erebid Moth.

[dt75artblog]

Hello a third time from the sam and chep and also dwyer factory

[richardmurrayhumblr]

Title: Erebid moth, sage, katana < weapon fairy series> Artist: GDBee < https://gdbee.store/ >   @prinnay https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1994&type=status #rmaalbc #artist #gdbee  

[birch-forest]

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[myuheru-archive]

moths are magical it’s actually unreal