#moths — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #moths, aggregated by home.social.
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Plumein' Heck!
#MothOfTheDay is one of our most commonly seen moths - but maybe not often in this position.
Caught 'in flagrante' in MY garden. Would you give it credence?!
COMMON PLUME
Emmelina monodactylaCoincidentally, also known as the #MorningGlory Moth. I think we now know why!
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #garden #summer #august #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate
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Or this snout moth, genus Ematheudes, whose mantra must be: there is no moth.
As long as it doesn’t move, it holds even the correct angle to pretend to be a dry grass twig.
Seen upside down like this, with its fore legs tucked in, the front part reminds me of a squid… even the eyes seem proportionate.
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A friend ID'd this as Dahana atripennis - the Black-Winged Dahana Moth
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This was a real treat to see in Bismarck, North Dakota, this afternoon — a cecropia caterpillar coming back from its Sephora makeup appointment. Nice tubercles, buddy! It made it off the sidewalk and was heading to a willow tree with day lilies and grass to munch on along the way. If all goes well, it will eventually cocoon up for the winter and emerge as North America’s largest moth. (Hyalophora cecropia)
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Terrible picture but this is a hummingbird Hawkmoth that has decided to hang out behind the light outside my front door.
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The Great Comet of 1881 (1882) by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, from The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings.
Source: New York Public Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d69f353c-59c6-4f49-990d-8c96547a72c5
#trouvelot #moths #astronomy #night #sky #trees #comets #lithography #art #publicdomain
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#MothOfTheDay from two nights ago is a bit of an oxymoron - a rather chunky moth called
THE DELICATE
Mythimna vitellinaA migrant species and suspected episodic resident largely confined to southern counties in August through to October.
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #summer #august #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #science #educate
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Look at this baby! A moth of the Notodotidae! Some of these fellows came and didn't want to leave! So I had to take them out of the room!
Look at its colour and pattern!. perfect camouflage! Also, what a lovely face!
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#MothOfTheDay is one largely confined to the coastal regions of southern and eastern England but does seem to be expanding:
CLANCY'S RUSTIC
Caradrina kadeniiNamed 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
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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
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[clicks on mastodon #moth lover signal]
Google tells me this is a black witch moth?
Seen on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
Thanks!
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I came across this tiny little dude - apparently an Ailanthus Webworm Moth - in the garden yesterday.
#photography #macro #TextureTuesday #NaturePhotography #moths
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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"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/c1712kz5qpgoArchived version:
https://archive.ph/7lodA#SolarPunkSunday #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredMoths #UK #UKSpecies #Conservation #SpeciesConservation
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Moth survey in full swing.
It's the third done hereSo interesting.
