#catocala

[onenicebugperday]

@hishap​ submitted: BEEG MOFF

(location : France)

I think we need a banana for scale here...I choose to believe this moth is 2 feet across

(It’s an underwing, Catocala sp.)

[thefoxstone]

Underwing moth. Illinois, United States. (2025)

[addicted2wasps]

Some miscellaneous nature from yesterday. August 26th 2024. Mushrooms, a moth (Catocala sp.), and a Dolichovespula maculata nest!

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

The other night I was out and saw this big caterpillar on a walnut sapling in my yard. For some reason I decided to document the host plant before the cat itself, and of course Sir Caterpillar of Grippyfeet decided to yeet himself into the grass before I could get a photo. So I was pretty psyched to find him pretty much back in the same spot the next night. @eumorpha-dream says it is some kind of underwing moth (Catocala sp.). I love the little white polka dots around the spiracles!

[pterouras]

Really pretty dead moth I found! Most likely Catocala concumbens. Taking it to be pinned. Really special find, their size is quite something

[myroomisduck]

1. Catocala dula самец 2. Catocala dula самка 3. Catocala lara 4. Catocala nupta 5. Catocala fraxini 6. Catocala adultera 7. Catocala bella 8. Catocala dissimilis 9. Catocala electa 10. Catocala helena 11. Catocala pacta 12. Catocala proxeneta 13. Catocala doerriesi 14. Catocala nymphaeoides 15. Catocala deuteronympha 16. Catocala fulminea 17. Catocala agitatrix

[hazerl]

Catocala unijuga (Once-Married Underwing) | Jan/Feb 2019 | micron pen

[podartists]

Catocala nupta | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Flickr (Dominio public)