#primrose moth

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Primrose moth.

(Photo: Ducks Unlimited Canada)

[onenicebugperday]

Moths in the subfamily Heliothinae, Noctuidae

1. Psectrotarsia suavis, photo by tomkennedy 2. Psectrotarsia euposis, photo by poncetejedai_tutor 3. Aedophron phlebophora, photo by heinerziegler 4. Philareta treitschkei, photo by ozgurkocak 5. Pease blossom, Periphanes delphinii, photo by vadim66 6. Pink star moth, Derrima stellata, photo by tmurray74 7. New pod borer, Adisura marginalis, photo by flecksy 8. Heliocheilus julia, photo by silversea-starsong 9. Clouded crimson moth, Schinia gaurae, photo by arrowheadspiketail58 10. Primrose moth, Schinia florida, photo by ericgiles

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #56

Primrose Moth

Schinia florida

From the noctuidae family. They have a wingspan of about 30 mm. They tend to inhabit fields, clearings and wastelands. They can be found throughout most of North America.

[thesingingbullfrog]

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Sometimes pink is camouflage, I swear!

(This is a fresh BotD, photographed 15 minutes ago out in my backyard, primrose moth (Schinia florida) on evening primrose.

[libraryofmoths]

Moth of the Week

Primrose Moth

Schinia florida

The primrose moth is part of the family Noctuidae or the family of owlet moths. It was described by French lawyer and entomologist Achille Guenée in 1852. This moths earns its name from the evening-primrose, which hosts and feed the larvae.

Description This moth has a pink head with pink filiform antennae. Their bodies are a pale yellow or cream with a pink underside. The forewings are pink with a large pale yellow edge on the outer margin. inside the pink area are pale yellow markings with a larger spot of pale yellow by lower thorax. The hindwings are cream or white with a pale yellow underside.

Average wingspan: 31.5 mm (≈ 1.2 in)

Diet and Habitat Primrose moth caterpillars eat evening primrose, biennial gaura and other members of the Onagraceae family. The larvae eat the seeds and flowers of these plants rather than the leaves. This species is found in continental North America in temperate regions. It’s range spans from southern Canada and almost all regions of the United States. This moth reaches up to Alberta and eastern Washington state. In the East and West, this Spence’s goes as far as North Carolina and Utah respectively. They do not live in the lower southwestern United States. They are found in open meadows and on the prairies of the Great Plains of eastern North America. They also like fields, clearings, and wastelands.

Mating

The primrose moth mating season coincides with the blooming season of the primrose plant, whose buds are hosts to the moth’s eggs. The eggs hatch 4-5 days after being laid. These caterpillars burrow into the ground to pupate and spend the winter. There is only one generation per year.

Average of 114 eggs laid per female

Predators This species is preyed on by birds and bats.

Fun Fact During the day, adults hide and camouflage themselves in partially closed primrose flowers, and they are strictly nocturnal.

(Source: Wikipedia; Moth Identification; Pacific Northwest Moths; Fishers Island Conservatory; Outside My Window; Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 1970, 282-287; Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies & Damselflies of Dayton, Ohio)

[treetreader]

I just met the most beautiful lady on my walk today! 🩷🩷🩷 It's a primrose moth and i love her! (my pics)

[ncblevicartstudic]

WIP of Allison's Moth AU! Might clean up the sketch later, might draw her Cuphead/Toon AU next! Who's to say?

[mothmug]

primrose moth!!!! (photo not mine)

[raintailed]

wawawa moth!!! this is Aiko, who is part of a story thing by SarwaNoodle. In summary, there's a moth town and it's inhabited by both normal moths and higher beings (who have horns and powers). Shapeshifters are banished to the void because of higher being politics.

Poor Aiko here is a higher being who happens to be a shapeshifter! She was found out and got banished and due to being in the void for so long she's a monster now. yippee!! :[[[[[

Notes transcript under the cut

Notes transcript

Aiko; she/her, they/them

Poncho :]

shapeshifter. melts when anxious or stressed

can have more wings!

the far right drawing shows her without her wings and left arm

[charlieghostcrab]

Pink moth mith from the dragon game :3

[thehappiestgolucky]

I just imagined Ghost going to Hisui (probably by attaching themself to Markoth in a distortion) and meeting Giritina. "Oh worm?" Spiderman meme shenanigans ensue

based on a previous ask answered, less Ghost sneaking into Hisui and just Giratina hanging out with our favourite eldritch god baby when they let the hisui kids visit Markoth :)

[scouts-thingsandrps]

Hunger Games Muse List

(Note: This takes place in an AU where the rebellion took place after the 74th Hunger Games, so the districts are united, quite a few characters are alive, and Panem is a democracy.)

Katniss Everdeen

Peeta Mallark

Primrose Everdeen

Clove Kentwell

Cato Hadley

Marvel Sanford

Glimmer Belcourt

Finch ‘Foxface’ Crossley

Rue Barnette

Thresh Morrowson

Johanna Mason

Finnick Odair

Annie Cresta

Haymitch Abernathy

Lucy Gray-Baird

Coriolanus Snow

Tigris Snow

OCs

Moth Wardenfall

Perl Turing

Harvest Baker

Caspian Drew-Rosenberg

[fukouiro]

artfight attack i did for @tired-t-rex of an encounter between his character Primrose and my Verdigris!

primrose is 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰oooooo pretty it's not fair...

[the-laws-of-physics-were-harmed]

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

OMG will you look at this colorful little nugget??? This is a Primrose Cochylid Moth (Atroposia oenotherana). It clocks in at only a little under 7mm long, but it still manages to be yellow AND PINK. SO CUTE!