#butterflies and moths

[snototter]

A spotted snow flat (Tagiades menaka) in Lamnamkok National Park, Thailand

by Tim Stratford

[oakcrickets]

mof

[rissaoffline]

makeup by daniel sallstrom

[honeydoe12]

Carlotta's tiger moth, my fav species of moth

[nollthere]

hemaris croatica, olive bee hawk-moth

[backyardentomologist]

You know how a few weeks ago I posted a picture of a swallowtail, but it sucked because it was super blurry and far away? Well, feast your eyes on the Swallowtail post 2.0!!

This lovely fellow is an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, so named due to the iconic black-on-orange patterned wings worn by female members of the species.

I live very close to the Chicago botanical garden and the Green Bay Trail, which are safe havens for insects of all shapes and sizes.

I like to think my flower garden is contributing towards the well-being of our lovely pollinators, if only by a little bit.

I grow milkweed in my backyard, and I like to put the caterpillars I find there in an enclosure so they can pupate safely. I might try raising swallowtails as well, though I doubt you can just buy their eggs online. Where might one such as I acquire eggs? Let me know.

[syrospeaks]

An old sprite for Into the void!

I don't usually do lined art but this was fun to do :)

[szupernovacomics]

[calochortus]

Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) taking a sweaty drink... by Will Atkins Via Flickr: As I was trying to get a photo of it on some marjoram this male decided to make life a little harder for me by landing on my thumb instead!

[snototter]

A common maplet (Chersonesia risa) in Gaurighat, Nepal

by Mike Darlow

[oakcrickets]

moth painting i started this weekend!!!

[rissaoffline]

makeup by daniel sallstrom on jundan chen for acne paper, photographed by cho gi seok

[butterfly-and-moth-species]

1. Evenus gabriela

2. Evenus sumptuosa

Family: Lycaenidae

[mysticmothworld]

Lovely Moth Photos by Emmet Gowin

Undescribed Megalopygidae moth

Cresera intense

Family: Erebidae

Distribution: French Guyana, Brazil, Amazon region

Eubergia caisa

Family: Saturniidae

Distribution: the Cerrado (Paraguay, Bolivia and Brazil)

Psilacron gordiana

Family: Notodontidae

Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

Vine Sphinx (Eumorpha vitis)

Family: Sphingidae

Distribution: Northern Argentina, Central America, West Indies, Mexico, Southern USA

Undescribed Pterophoridae moth

Neorcarnegia basirei

Family: Saturniidae

Distribution: unknown

Psilopygida walkeri

Family: Saturniidae

Distribution: unknown

Orodesma apicina

Family: Erebidae

Distribution: Cuba, Central America and Florida

Moth???

In the article I drew these photos from it says it's called Mosera apollinairei but I can't find any info on them

Moths are currently undergoing a lot of taxonomic revision so that might be why

The article says Dognin discovered them, and he worked mainly on South American moths so yeah it's probably from around there.

[nollthere]

regal moth