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Luna Moth (Actias luna) is famous for its bright green wings and long tails, but its strangest trait is that adult moths lack mouths and digestive systems entirely. Also known as American moon moth, they use their spinning tails for bat jamming, they survive entirely on energy saved from caterpillar stage & adult moths die in 6 to 7 days, spending their fleeting lives exclusively mating. Caterpillars of the Luna moth can deter predators by regurgitating a foul-tasting, noxious liquid. Male of this species has more sensitive antennae than female.
Picture: Wikimedia commons, Judy Gallagher
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Luna Moth (Actias luna) is famous for its bright green wings and long tails, but its strangest trait is that adult moths lack mouths and digestive systems entirely. Also known as American moon moth, they use their spinning tails for bat jamming, they survive entirely on energy saved from caterpillar stage & adult moths die in 6 to 7 days, spending their fleeting lives exclusively mating. Caterpillars of the Luna moth can deter predators by regurgitating a foul-tasting, noxious liquid. Male of this species has more sensitive antennae than female.
Picture: Wikimedia commons, Judy Gallagher
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It's #NationalMothWeek! Check out https://nationalmothweek.org for more info about #moths and how you can collect data to help scientists better understand them! This handbook is also really helpful, has info and pics of moths from every continent!
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It's #NationalMothWeek! Check out https://nationalmothweek.org for more info about #moths and how you can collect data to help scientists better understand them! This handbook is also really helpful, has info and pics of moths from every continent!
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AI tells me that this is Panthea furcilla, the Tufted White Pine #moth. Sounds good to me. I'm too lazy to look it up in my Field Guide to the Moths of North America. It was near some White Pines, so the ID is probably more or less correct, in a manner of speaking.
#naturephotography #ecology #biodiversity #biology #nature #insects #moths #entomology
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AI tells me that this is Panthea furcilla, the Tufted White Pine #moth. Sounds good to me. I'm too lazy to look it up in my Field Guide to the Moths of North America. It was near some White Pines, so the ID is probably more or less correct, in a manner of speaking.
#naturephotography #ecology #biodiversity #biology #nature #insects #moths #entomology
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National Moth Week is July 18-26. Anyone going to a mothing event? Sugaring some trees in your back yard?? Got a blacklight??? #NationalMothWeek #MothWeek #moths #mothing #inaturalist #insects #lepidoptera #nature
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Pleased to find I took a photo of a Red-tipped Clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis) on Majoram on 8th July. A chance finding, as were the other two clearwings (Red-belted & Six-belted) I've seen on this site.
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Pleased to find I took a photo of a Red-tipped Clearwing (Synanthedon formicaeformis) on Majoram on 8th July. A chance finding, as were the other two clearwings (Red-belted & Six-belted) I've seen on this site.
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#Photography #NaturePhotography #Moths
Managed to get a couple more shots of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth.
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#Photography #NaturePhotography #Moths
Managed to get a couple more shots of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth.
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Enjoying a cold beer in the garden, and look who turns up to sip nectar!
#HummingbirdHawkMoth (Macroglossum stellatarum).
What a proboscis!
Photo by my husband Moth Clark (no relation)
#gardenwildlife #lepidoptera #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter #Eynsham -
Enjoying a cold beer in the garden, and look who turns up to sip nectar!
#HummingbirdHawkMoth (Macroglossum stellatarum).
What a proboscis!
Photo by my husband Moth Clark (no relation)
#gardenwildlife #lepidoptera #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter #Eynsham -
I met a garden tiger moth.
One upside of a massive nettle patch near you, possibly.It was found looking lost on the lawn but some time in damp shade got it flying again.
Newly hatched I think. (Wings not the stiffest and the loopy-doopy proboscis)
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I met a garden tiger moth.
One upside of a massive nettle patch near you, possibly.It was found looking lost on the lawn but some time in damp shade got it flying again.
Newly hatched I think. (Wings not the stiffest and the loopy-doopy proboscis)
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Check out these cool moths!
The first photo was taken early evening July 2nd in the parking lot of my union local. These moths had been at it all day.
My friend identified them as hyalophora cecropia, a type of giant silk moth. I think she's right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia
The second photo was taken yesterday. A fellow worker found a dead moth on her way to the bus stop. I think it's also a cecropia moth but I'm no expert.
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Check out these cool moths!
The first photo was taken early evening July 2nd in the parking lot of my union local. These moths had been at it all day.
My friend identified them as hyalophora cecropia, a type of giant silk moth. I think she's right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalophora_cecropia
The second photo was taken yesterday. A fellow worker found a dead moth on her way to the bus stop. I think it's also a cecropia moth but I'm no expert.
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So I was pre-cleaning stuff (putting plates to soak, getting grease out of a pan) when I spotted a butterfly on the inside of window. On closer look, it's a moth, but still, it was not tiny, and pretty, and I had never seen this species before IRL, and it was *in my friggin kitchen!!!* 😆
Seems to be a Jersey Tiger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia_quadripunctaria
Caught it in a plastic container that sat on the table, and took some photos through the plastic before letting it out.
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So I was pre-cleaning stuff (putting plates to soak, getting grease out of a pan) when I spotted a butterfly on the inside of window. On closer look, it's a moth, but still, it was not tiny, and pretty, and I had never seen this species before IRL, and it was *in my friggin kitchen!!!* 😆
Seems to be a Jersey Tiger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia_quadripunctaria
Caught it in a plastic container that sat on the table, and took some photos through the plastic before letting it out.
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This cosmos in the front garden is lapping up the sun and the bees are enjoying the alliums. In the meantime, a moth (copper underwing?) takes shelter on the cool side of the house. I know how it feels.
#bloomscrolling #gardening #flowers #nature #bees #wildlife #photography #moths
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This cosmos in the front garden is lapping up the sun and the bees are enjoying the alliums. In the meantime, a moth (copper underwing?) takes shelter on the cool side of the house. I know how it feels.
#bloomscrolling #gardening #flowers #nature #bees #wildlife #photography #moths
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Moths from last night:
Phalera bucephala
Euplagia quadripunctaria
Heliothis viriplaca
Notodonta dromedarius -
Moths from last night:
Phalera bucephala
Euplagia quadripunctaria
Heliothis viriplaca
Notodonta dromedarius -
Oh, I have a visitor in the kitchen. Can any of my moth expert friends confirm this is a Red Underwing (Catocala nupta)? South Wales area. #moths
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Oh, I have a visitor in the kitchen. Can any of my moth expert friends confirm this is a Red Underwing (Catocala nupta)? South Wales area. #moths
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13/07/2026 - Evening walk after work. Life seems busy at the moment. There always seem less hours in the day in the summer months I think. Nice to see one of my favourite moths out and about again, the lovely magpie moth.
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13/07/2026 - Evening walk after work. Life seems busy at the moment. There always seem less hours in the day in the summer months I think. Nice to see one of my favourite moths out and about again, the lovely magpie moth.
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Cinnabar in a Secret Garden 🌿❤️
I decided to have fun with the remains of my favorite Pela Case. 🫶🏼 #art #sciart #mothsmatter #drawing #pencilart #moths #artwork #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Cinnabar in a Secret Garden 🌿❤️
I decided to have fun with the remains of my favorite Pela Case. 🫶🏼 #art #sciart #mothsmatter #drawing #pencilart #moths #artwork #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon
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I need to stress that the last 20 pages have been an elaborate history of the bulletproof vest, which has then turned into, I guess, an alternate history where Archduke Ferdinand both owned and wore one *and* hadn’t been shot in a specific way, we could have avoided WWI.
…yeah, I guess that’s probably true! Would love to get back to the actual research though thanks
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I need to stress that the last 20 pages have been an elaborate history of the bulletproof vest, which has then turned into, I guess, an alternate history where Archduke Ferdinand both owned and wore one *and* hadn’t been shot in a specific way, we could have avoided WWI.
…yeah, I guess that’s probably true! Would love to get back to the actual research though thanks
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Very happy to have found caterpillars of the rare Striped Lychnis moth (Cucullia lychnitis) again on my allotment. This moth is only found in a few locations in the South of England (one is my allotment), the caterpillars only feed on the flowers (sometimes the leaves as well) of Black mullein (Verbascum nigrum). I found 16 caterpillars in total, never had so many before. #moths #pollinators #caterpillars
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Very happy to have found caterpillars of the rare Striped Lychnis moth (Cucullia lychnitis) again on my allotment. This moth is only found in a few locations in the South of England (one is my allotment), the caterpillars only feed on the flowers (sometimes the leaves as well) of Black mullein (Verbascum nigrum). I found 16 caterpillars in total, never had so many before. #moths #pollinators #caterpillars
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11/07/2026 - Mrs Spaceways is back. After finding peacock butterfly caterpillars yesterday we had to go have a look at their loveliness again today. It was a pretty rainy day, nothing too heavy but no good for bees or butterflies. A couple of nice snails and a pretty moth made up for it. It was great to be walking the quiet roads with Mrs Spaceways again.
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11/07/2026 - Mrs Spaceways is back. After finding peacock butterfly caterpillars yesterday we had to go have a look at their loveliness again today. It was a pretty rainy day, nothing too heavy but no good for bees or butterflies. A couple of nice snails and a pretty moth made up for it. It was great to be walking the quiet roads with Mrs Spaceways again.
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Some would find this very dull but I find this day flying moth captivating. It is a Chimney Sweeper (Odezia atrata). No prize for guessing where the name came from.
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Some would find this very dull but I find this day flying moth captivating. It is a Chimney Sweeper (Odezia atrata). No prize for guessing where the name came from.
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I took this photo of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth in Switzerland. The data shows a shutter speed of 1/4000 sec. so the speed is astonishing.
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My first time seeing a Hummingbird Hawk Moth. It's little wings buzz fast like a hummingbird's - this photo was taken at 1/2000 of a second but hasn't frozen the wings completely - and they fly sideways and even a little bit backwards at times just like their namesake. Quite exciting to see one, really!
#Nature #NaturePhotography #Insects #moths #HummingbirdHawkMoth
