#eumorpha

[autisticplants]

i found lots of different Eumorpha fasciatus caterpillar color morphs today!

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

I was coming back in after a disappointing night at the lights last week, and came across this glorious chonkbeast on some Virginia creeper growing under my porch. This is a Pandora sphinx moth caterpillar (Eumorpha pandorus). Look at its squishy little donut feeties!!

[herpsandbirds]

Found this moth in a golf course in Missouri. Do you know what it is?

Moth ID - MO, USA:

Hello, yes, this friend is a Banded Sphinx Moth (Eumorpha fasciatus), family Sphingidae.

Banded sphinx Eumorpha fasciatus (Sulzer, 1776) | Butterflies and Moths of North America

[loamblogging]

Banded sphinx (E. fasciatus) in the parking garage

[uxbridge]

Munching on the remaining green leaves of Virginia creeper

[heartnosekid]

big pandora sphinx moth (eumorpha pandorus) | source

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Typhon Sphinx (Eumorpha typhon)

By Samuel Jaffe

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #199

Eumorpha megaeacus

From the sphingidae family. They have a wingspan of 105-121 mm. They can be found throughout most of Central and South America.

Images: [1] [2]

[blattodean]

fella I found as I was leaving an appointment

[quiveringdeer]

chillin with this lil gal right now 😎

[the-peculiarity-of-anonymity]

Almost two months later (a tad disappointed in myself for not noticing sooner) I have realized that the ask says "Mo/Moth/Mothself" rather than the "Moth/Moths/Mothself" I put by accident....soo I fixed it and changed a few things I didn't like ^-^

They are based on the Banded Sphinx moth (Eumorpha fasciatus), White Witch moth (Thysania agrippina), and The Luna moth (Actias luna) respectively. [from left to right]

[Ps, the White Witch moth flag is more orange than tan like the actual moth because I didn't want a flag that was just shades of beige with a little brown mixed in.]

culd I get mo/moth/mothself neoprns flag...tyy...

moth anon

Of course! Here ya go! ^^

[platycryptus]

Gnamptopelta obsidianator is a large ichneumon wasp whose coloration mimics a spider wasp (Entypus).

It’s a specialized parasitoid of sphinx moth caterpillars, especially those in the subfamily Macroglossinae (such as Eumorpha species). Many of these caterpillars feed on grapevine and related plants, so G. obsidianator seeks out those plants to find hosts.

(Massachusetts, 6/6/24)

[daily-dose-of-lepidoptera]

Daily Dose of Lepidoptera

[Day 30]

-Banded Tussock Moth-

Halysidota tessellaris

-Light Peppered Moth-

Biston betularia

-Pandora Sphinx Moth-

Eumorpha pandorus

[onenicebugperday]

Achemom sphinx moth, Eumorpha achemom, Sphingidae

Found throughout North America.

Photo 1 by brendanboyd, 2 by sandy317, 3 by dwelch477, 4-5 by joannerusso, 6 by wordswild, and 7-9 by kneubaue

[eumorpha]

I've never found a Locked Tomb shirt that I've liked, so I thought I'd try my hand at making one!

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

If you throw up a light and a sheet in a field, you're gonna get Orthopterans. This was one of the more interesting ones that I saw last weekend. Somehow, still just yet another Melanoplus sp.

(Thx to @eumorpha-dream for throwing up the light and the sheet)