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  1. Have found the beautiful Jersey Tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) again. Found it for the first time last year, never had it on my allotment before this as it used to be quite a rare moth Jersey Tiger is mainly found in the far South of England and seems to be slowly spreading northwards. The caterpillars feed on a range of plants such as ground ivy, white dead-nettle, bramble and common nettle. #moths #pollinators #insects

  2. Have found the beautiful Jersey Tiger moth (Euplagia quadripunctaria) again. Found it for the first time last year, never had it on my allotment before this as it used to be quite a rare moth Jersey Tiger is mainly found in the far South of England and seems to be slowly spreading northwards. The caterpillars feed on a range of plants such as ground ivy, white dead-nettle, bramble and common nettle. #moths #pollinators #insects

  3. 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
    #weird #moths #insects #nature

  4. 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
    #weird #moths #insects #nature

  5. It's #NationalMothWeek! Check out 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!

  6. It's #NationalMothWeek! Check out 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!

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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.

    #VC56 #Moths #Nottingham

  11. 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.

    #VC56 #Moths #Nottingham

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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)

    #moths

  15. 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)

    #moths

  16. 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.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalopho

    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.

    #insects #moths

  17. 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.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyalopho

    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.

    #insects #moths

  18. 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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia

    Caught it in a plastic container that sat on the table, and took some photos through the plastic before letting it out.

    #insects #moths #butterflies

  19. 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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia

    Caught it in a plastic container that sat on the table, and took some photos through the plastic before letting it out.

    #insects #moths #butterflies

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Moths from last night:

    Phalera bucephala
    Euplagia quadripunctaria
    Heliothis viriplaca
    Notodonta dromedarius

    #Moths #Nachtfalter #Insekten #Insects #Butterfly #Nature

  23. Moths from last night:

    Phalera bucephala
    Euplagia quadripunctaria
    Heliothis viriplaca
    Notodonta dromedarius

    #Moths #Nachtfalter #Insekten #Insects #Butterfly #Nature

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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.

    #EveningWalk #Moths

  27. 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.

    #EveningWalk #Moths

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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
    #books #silk #moths

  31. 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
    #books #silk #moths

  32. I understand what’s happening here, but the way they’re describing it makes this sound like the setup for a macabre magic trick of unending handkerchiefs
    #books #silk #moths

  33. I understand what’s happening here, but the way they’re describing it makes this sound like the setup for a macabre magic trick of unending handkerchiefs
    #books #silk #moths

  34. Black Arches, Lymantria monacha, moth this morning.
    #nature #Insects #Moths # MothsMatter

  35. 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

  36. 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