#box-tree moth

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #163

Box-tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

From the crambidae family. They have a wingspan of 40-45 mm. They tend to inhabit gardens and hedgegrows. They can be found in Asia, Europe and North America.

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[elektroyu]

Found a Box-tree moth in my kitchen (was alive at first and found it dead later) and I'm planning to preserve it. The pearly white and slightly shiny dark border of the wings is really beautiful!

However I'm still mulling over which pose I should give it. The standard pose for collections? Could potentially be useful for scientific purposes should it last beyond my lifetime and change hands. Or should I rather go for a more natural pose, which potentially could provide a different value (= the natural resting pose)?

I feel I should decide this very carefully, because once I've actually started preserving butterflies I probably would like to keep them mostly in the same type of position. Usually in art I'm trying to depict my subjects as true-to-life as possible and I'm wondering if I should keep this approach for this or if it's better to keep it aligned with traditional scientific preservation. It's kinda hard to decide 😅 Any thoughts?

I mean look at that beauty: