Hail Mothra

Run by a moth enthusiast/student that works for John Pickering on the discoverlife.org website. All pictures I post will be taken either on my phone or will be from discoverlife.org.

[findsthethings]

It’s times like these when I wish I carried the regular camera around!

This moth was maybe an inch long at the most. It looks to me like some kind of tiger moth. I’ll reblog with an update if I narrow it down to a species (or if one of you bugblr folk gets to it before me :P )

[moth-mom]

I saw that someone else stated that it could be a salt marsh moth but without a view of the hind wings or abdomen that’s not for certain.It has the potential as well to be a Dubious Tiger moth, Spilosoma dubia.

If you find another moth in the future that you want to identify I recommend using the Discoverlife website id guides.

[moth-mom]

i stumbled across your blog somehow and thought you might be interested in this little friend i saw near my house yesterday! im pretty sure he’s an amata cerbera. from south africa!!

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Thank you for the submission. This definitely does look like an Amata cerbera. I love receiving pictures of international moths because I’m still familiarizing myself with moths of North America. The amount of variety across the planet is simply amazing!

[moth-mom]

Happy to be back in the states after a wonderful trip to Costa Rica! I just got this amazing tattoo done by David Hale, Love Hawk Studios. It is based on the Tulip-tree Silk Moth, Callosamia angulifera. It was such an amazing experience and I love my moth so much!

[sweet-bitsy]

What if you went out on a date with a moth and he took you by the hand with one of his fuzzy little legs and he was like “I want to take you to the most beautiful place I know, because you deserve nothing less” and when you get there it’s literally just a lamp

[muttley-do-something]

this is such a good post

[saheeli-rais-wife]

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[moth-mom]

This is what happens when you go on a date with me. Also when we go to the lamp you get to meet all my other moth friends. 

[moth-mom]

Submitted by several-large-squids

Saw this little one while in Germany. Any idea what it could be?

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This one had me stumped at first but with a bit of digging I was able to figure it out! I had identified it as being of the lymantriidae family, then I went to this website http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Navigation and navigated it till I figured it out. 

I believe it to be: Calliteara pudibunda

[moth-mom]

Sorry for the lack of updates! I’ve been very busy with the Discoverlife moth project here in Costa Rica recently.  Here’s a picture of me with a very nice Rothschildia triloba that I saw the other night! 

[moth-mom]

Feltia subterranea, Subterranean Moth. 

Athens, GA.

Source.

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Shinia arcigera, Arcigera Flower Moth.

Athens, GA. 

source.

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Oreta rosea, Rose Hooktip Moth. 

Athens, GA. 

Source.

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Chrysodeixis includens, Soybean Looper Moth. 

Londonderry, NH. 

Source.

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Gonodonta pyrgo. 

Monteverde, Costa Rica. 

Source.

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Callopistria floridensis, Florida Fern Moth.

Athens, GA. 

Source.

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Cisthene subjecta, Subject Lichen Moth. 

Athens, GA. 

Source.

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Pyrausta acrionalis, Mint-loving Pyrausta moth.

Athens, GA. 

Source.

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Cerma cerintha, Tufted Bird-dropping moth. 

Athens, GA. 

Source.

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Ilecta intractata, Black-dotted Ruddy.

Athens, GA. 

Source.

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Diphthera festiva, Heiroglyphic Moth.

Monteverde, Costa Rica. 

Source.