#moths — Public Fediverse posts

#MothOfTheDay is one largely confined to the coastal regions of southern and eastern England but does seem to be expanding:

CLANCY'S RUSTIC
Caradrina kadenii

Named after Sean Clancy who first discovered it in Kent in 2002.

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #august #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate

The tiniest of tiny inchworms. (Hanging off my fingertip.) New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/08/measuring-earth-one-millimetre-at-time.html #VancouverIsland #Invertebrates #Moths #Larvae #InverteFest #NaturePhotography

[clicks on mastodon #moth lover signal]

Google tells me this is a black witch moth?

Seen on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.

Thanks!

#moths

I came across this tiny little dude - apparently an Ailanthus Webworm Moth - in the garden yesterday.

#photography #macro #TextureTuesday #NaturePhotography #moths

Today I signed up to iNaturalist and used it for the first time. I was impressed with its id of a beautiful moth we've seen in the garden and indoors (below), only to discover it's the Box Tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis), accidentally introduced to the UK from south-east Asia in 2007. No wonder it wasn't in my Complete British Insects published in 2005. Its larvae have decimated box hedges all over southern England, including our neighbour's and my sister's.

#Insects #Moths

📸 @morgrugyn

It looks like an oak eggar, Lasiocampa quercus, but to make sure we'd have to cut out that page and fold it to match the moth's position, which our librarian forbade. Or unfold the moth, which our ethics committee forbade, with only a few dogs dissenting.

#moth #moths

yes this is an actual hummingbird moth, on our lavender, in our garden in the north of Wales, in the summer of 2026 - astonishing…
#today #gardens #gaygardener #gaygarden #moths #lepidoptera #wales #hummingbirdmoth #lavender

More moths from the recent trap at Bath City Farm - Oak Longhorn, Setaceous Hebrew Character, White Point, Bright-line Brown-eye
#Nature #Wildlife #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

More moths from the recent trap at Bath City Farm - Scorched Carpet, Dark/Grey Dagger, Yellow Shell, Light Emerald
#Nature #Wildlife #Moths #TeamMoth #Insects #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Hidden moth population found after 70 years

A hidden population of one of #England 's rarest #moths has been found at a site where it had not been seen for more than 70 years.

Evie Lake, 13 August 2026

"Head of conservation at #ButterflyConservation Dr Dave Wainwright has spent his career searching for the dark bordered beauty and said he felt an 'overwhelming feeling of relief' when they were found at #WallingtonEstate, in #Northumberland.

"For decades, the only site where the moth was found in England was at Strensall Common, in Yorkshire, but the population there has been in decline due to #ClimateChange and a wildfire.

"The discovery has given conservationists new hope for the species and opened up the possibilities of where more can be found.

"Once widespread across northern England and Scotland, habitat loss has caused significant decline in the #DarkBorderedBeautyMoth.

"The custard-and-chocolate-coloured moth was found at the National Trust site previously but had not been seen since 1952."

[...]

"The moth's caterpillars will only eat two plants - #aspen and #CreepingWillow - which makes it a challenge to conserve, according to #ButterflyConservation."

Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1712kz5qpgo

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/7lodA

#SolarPunkSunday #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredMoths #UK #UKSpecies #Conservation #SpeciesConservation

White looper moth

#BNWmacro
#photography #insects #moths #lepidoptera #ClassicMono #ECK

Moth survey in full swing.
It's the third done here

So interesting.

#moths
#wildlife
#interestingfriends

#MothOfTheDay is one of several from the wainscot family. Named by Carl Linnaeus after the wood-panelling effect, but I struggle to see it myself. Nevertheless, it's a neat and beautiful moth from a busy moth box last night:

COMMON WAINSCOT
Mythimna pallens

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #august #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate

Yucca filimentosa blooming beautifully at the nursery! A native of the southeastern U.S., it depends on a particular moth for cross-pollination and seed dispersal, and the Yucca moth depends on it for food. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Invertebrates/Yucca-Moths #Plants #Flowers #Moths

I disturbed this small tortrix moth whilst watering my neighbour's maple bushes this evening. Lozotaenia forsterana, perhaps? #ukmoths #moths | #kent #england

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lozotaenia_forsterana?wprov=sfla1

Just saw a hummingbird hawk moth in the garden. I’ve never seen one this far north. I need to get a photo next time!
#nature #moths

This Luna moth waited for the sun to warm her wings on a curb in a parking lot early this morning. I’m very lucky to have seen her because a Luna moth lifespan is only a week to 10 days. #moth #moths #nature #insects #wildlife

Mixed media

#MothOfTheDay is a regular summer visitor:

SETACEOUS HEBREW CHARACTER
Xestia c-nigrum

Named after the stigmata on its wings said to resemble the Hebrew character nun (נ) and its setaceous (bristly) thorax (as opposed to early spring's Hebrew Character which is not setaceous)

#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #august #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate

WV Botanic Garden Moth Night spotlights ‘winged wonders’ https://www.allforgardening.com/1928786/wv-botanic-garden-moth-night-spotlights-winged-wonders/ #entomology #GardeningWestVirginia #insects #moths #nature #WestVirginia #WestVirginiaBotanicGarden #WVBG

@naught101 @anahemsworth @sundogplanets

this probably just useless curiosity, but I wonder if an ecology journal that publishes papers on the ecology of nocturnal animals (bats, moths, etc) might be interested in it.

#bats
#moths