Oct 7, 2023
The arched hooktip moth with one of its host plants, paper birch.
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The arched hooktip moth with one of its host plants, paper birch.
arched hooktip moth
Img credit: butterfly-conservation.org
drepana arcuata
arched hooktip moth
location: north america
The arched hooktip moth [Drepana arcuata] occurs in Newfoundland, Vancouver Island, and through much of the northern United States. The larvae of this species have been observed rattling their mouths and bodies against leaves, producing a rhythmic drumming noise; this is believed to be some method of communication. Images by Devin Johnstone and Beatrice Laporte.
mothmans your dad?
“Actually, yes!” Nothgol nodded. “However, I look nothing like him. Voth’Tullath looks more like dad than me. I look a lot like my mom. But we both have dad’s eyes.”
FROM THE DEPTHS
The Earth quakes and shudders, pebbles bouncing along the dirt as everything began to shake violently. Trees began to fall, roots rending them from the moss covered ground while birds took flight from the collapsing canopy. A massive crack crisscrossed the land, and from the abyss crawled two large creatures. The figures got to their feet, their bodies shuddering to push the filth from them as they turned to look at the forest around them. So this was the human world, and this was the beginning of the adventures of
Drepana arcuata “Arched Hooktip Moth” Drepanidae
Clinton, MT July 25, 2015 Robert Niese
Here’s another moth we spotted during our Mothlighting event for National Moth Week with the Missoula Butterfly House. These moths are positively unmistakable! In our area there are no other moths that pull-off the “I’m a dead leaf” look quite as well as the Hooktips. The PNW is home to two species of Hooktip moths -- D. arcuata and D. bilineata (which, as its name suggests, has two lines instead of one). As larva, Hooktip moths feed on the leaves of Alder and Birch trees where they hide inside folded leaves.
6251 – Drepana arcuata – Arched Hooktip Moth (by Eric C. Reuter)