#hyalophora

[herpsandbirds]

Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), male, family Saturniidae, eastern United States

photgraph by Benjamin Salb

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

These chonkbeasts. Will. Not. Stop. Eating.

[pipunculidae]

HOLY SHIT !!!!!!!

[pterouras]

More photos of my beautiful boy! Sadly his wings didn’t form perfectly, but he can still fly just fine!

In fact he spewed some liquid from his rear and flew around when I picked him up which likely means he got scared. I got him to calm down thankfully, but he needs lots of energy for when he’ll fly off to find a mate so I hope he didn’t use up too much.

I’ll be keeping him for a night before releasing him tomorrow night. I still need a photo of the underside of his wings, but hopefully you enjoy these so far!

[snototter]

Columbia silkmoth (Hyalophora columbia), White Rock, New Mexico, USA

by Mouser Williams

[phoenixtherobot]

Moth Mumbo or Warden Etho!

How about BOTH Moth Mumbo and warden Etho :D

(psst, I'm still accepting requests based off of this post so feel free send em in!)

[pallanophblargh]

I’m so blessed to meet this little lady, the first of my 7 cecropia caterpillars from last summer to emerge. I wasn’t counting on her to come so early! I’m hoping to find her a mate, but I don’t know how good her odds are in this neck of the woods. I found her mother in the suburbs about 5-7 miles from here, so I don’t know how many cecropia find their way close to the urban (but still residential) core.

For those wondering: she is every bit as soft as she looks and she sounds like a bird when she beats her wings. Also she has a strong smell; kinda like musty chocolate and old leaves.

If I am fortunate to get fertilized eggs out of this group, I would love to raise the next generation of caterpillars. They have brought me so much joy and I missed them so much during their long pupation.

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #215

Glover's Silkmoth

Hyalophora gloveri

From the saturniidae family. They have a wingspan of 80-100 mm. They inhabit woodland, suburban gardens and a variety of other wooded habitats. They can be found in the Rocky Mountain states, the western parts of the northern Great Plains, and the Canadian prairie provinces, north-west to at least central Alberta, and northern Mexico.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[thedawner]

Gunpowder.

This was a loose portrait for LittleNuibea on Twitter!

[tenderanarchist]

Tried pinning these cecropia moths…

[heartnosekid]

bewitchedoddities_ on ig

[herpsandbirds]

Cecropia Moth (Hyalophora cecropia), male, family Saturniidae, Ohio, USA

This individual was collected as a caterpillar, and released after emergence as an adult.

photograph by Luke Chapman

[woodsy-hoe]

made a friend yesterday :-)

[pterouras]

Moth #2!!! Also Hyalophora cecropia, and she’s a female!

I’ll be leaving her outside overnight and with luck, she’ll be able to attract and mate with a male, possibly mine! I am genuinely so excited about this and can’t wait for her wings to expand!

[paledoptera]

draw a moth every day challenge new moth today!! a cecropia moth. gonna try out some different species over the next couple days (daily moth doodle 17/366)

[pallanophblargh]

Wrangling the Children onto some fresh leaves. The Cecropia Kids are over 40 days old and still growing, and I’m starting to worry they won’t pupate in before I leave on vacation . Granted, I’m sure everything will be ok but it’s in my nature to worry over multi-legged invertebrate children. I just love larvae.

(Forgive the frass, I cleaned it out shortly after getting all the cats onto fresh food)