Lovely Insects

This is a side blog dedicated to insects! Please feel free to make suggestions and submissions ❀Est. June 10, 2011❀

[psikonauti]

Stinging Nettle Slug Caterpillar (Cup Moth, Mahanta sp., Limacodidae)

[butterflyoftheday]

The Rosy Maple Moth Today I want to talk about one of the most charismatic moths there is: the rosy maple moth! It’s hard not to fall in love with this cute little creature, which is characterized by its wooly yellow body and soft pink wings. I just want to give it a squeeze! It is in the Saturniidae, or giant silk moth family, just like the Luna moth. As you might have guessed from their name, the caterpillars like to feed on all kinds of maple trees. However, in its imago, or adult, form, the rosy maple moth doesn’t feed. In fact, it has no mouth to speak of! This is true of all giant silk moths, of which the rosy maple moth is the very smallest.  These moths live in the eastern United States, as well as some parts of Canada, and its Latin name is Dryocampa rubicunda. The rosy maple moth was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793. What an exciting day that must have been for him!

Image Source: skitterbug, iNaturalist

[wormfiles]

Assorted flavours of bug.

Photos can be used as art references. Please let us know if you do!

[onenicebugperday]

@pleasespellchimerical submitted: My boss picked this lil dude out of the lettuce and threw it at me while I was on my lunch break. Them critters sure like to sleep in the greenhouses. Could I get an ID? Upstate NY :D

Aw I hope they weren’t injured when they were tossed. Looks like a large yellow underwing, though!

[worm-suggestion]

Photogenic… Charming little fellows, to be sure…

[fatchance]

Longwings. 

Zebra longwing butterflies (Heliconius charithonia), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. 

[kleeberkley]

Zebra butterfly

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[millipedefarmer]

~stunning~

[lovelyinsects]

Not the best pictures,but I saw him today and he was so cute. I'm not sure what type of moth he is though.

[lovelyinsects]

Agnostic mantis

[lovelyinsects]

Coreidae, leaf-footed bug.

[macroramblings]

Tipsy turvy

[peachynaturalist]

L7! Subadult stage baby. So big

[butterfly-and-moth-species]

Automeris frankae

Automeris frankae

Family: Saturniidae

[butterfly-and-moth-species]

Tolype velleda

Tolype velleda - Large tolype

Family: Lasiocampidae

[onenicebugperday]

Pretty pipe vine swallowtail!

Very pretty! I love all swallowtails but this is a fav species! A fun fact about pipevine swallowtails is that they are toxic to predators. So don’t eat them if you are a bird. Thanks for sharing!