#african moth

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #155

Cabbage Tree Emperor Moth

Bunaea alcinoe

From the saturniidae family. They have a wingspan of 110-160 mm. They can be found in Africa. Their wings are covered in microscopic scales which allow for the absorbotion of echolocation sounds from bats, their primary predator.

[cryptixotic]

Argema mittrei - Semioptila fulveolans

[mollfie-art]

Two things today because I need to catch up with Inktober/Drawtober. I got behind because of seeing friends, going out places and work. Whoops!

But look, bugs! Goliath Beetles are the coolest.

[moths-daily]

Semioptila fulveolans!

Moth Of The Day #110

Semioptila fulveolans

From the himantopteridae family. Their size and wingspan is unknown. They can be found in Angola, the DRC, South Africa and Tanzania.

[moths-daily]

Could you do Mittonia Hampsoni please? Thanks a ton!!

Moth Of The Day #258

Mittonia hampsoni

From the pyralidae family. They can be found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[natureisthegreatestartist]

Can you guess what this is? It's a photo of a Comet moth's wing, shown in extraordinary detail. 

[bluekitsune]

my GOD