#forester moth

[ratbugs]

absolutely gorgeous eight-spotted forester moth

she is so ready for halloween with those orange fuzzies and white spots 🎃

[look-at-a-speck-on-the-ground]

went out on a hike with some family and my dad made us go bush bashing which suuuucks but at least doing so means you see a LOT more interesting bugs!

these two look like maybe theyre particularly colourful forester moths (Pollanisus cupreus)?

but i'm not 100% sure.

they're extremely pretty either way though!!

[miyrumiyru]

Orange belly with dark-blue stripes :3

애기얼룩나방 (Mimeusemia persimilis)

[onenicebugperday]

@potatokingkingofpotatoes submitted: Found this goopy baby in [removed] (please remove location). Never seen him before! Any ideas?

Sure, it's a forester moth in the subfamily Agaristinae. They're a type of noctuid. Probably this one is an eight-spotted forester moth. Adults have the same color scheme as the caterpillars!

Photos by goody and crgillette

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #166

The Forester / The Green Forester

Adscita statices

From the zygaenidae family. They have a wingspan of 24-29 mm. They tend to inhabit damp neutral grassland, limestone grassland, chalk downland, breck grassland, sandy heathland, sand dunes, woodland rides and clearings. They can be found in Europe, Mongolia and western Russia.

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[emaadsidiki]

Butterflies & Blooms at Chicago Botanic Gardens 🌺🦋

[dansnaturepictures]

17th July 2023: Stockbridge Down

Photos taken in this set are of: 1 and 9. Chalkhill Blues. Another stunning butterfly that I love to see of late, they're summer's crown. I was so looking forward to looking for them this year especially with seeing of sightings the last week or two, it was amazing to see these silky gems of chalk grassland. I am always impressed by how many of these and butterflies I see at Stockbridge Down, it really is a wonderful and richly vegetated spot which is so good for insects. 2. Another special insect to see today, my first ever Forester's moth. An emerald star which I knew of and had wanted to see for ages so this was a good moment. 3. Mint moth, a charming and well coloured moth I was also hopeful of seeing today. 4-8. Beautiful colourful and panoramic views at this pretty spot. 10. Some delightful common toadflax, I enjoy seeing them and have seen a fair few lately.

Silver-washed and Dark Green Fritillary, Brown Argus, Small Skipper and Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, Small White, Large White, Marbled White, a fair few Brimstones, Red Admiral, Peacock, Small Copper and Silver Y and Six-spot Burnet moths stars of another great Big Butterfly Count done today were other key insects to see. My first ever Synaphe punctalisand moth and Meadow Grasshopper were great to see too, and there was another amazing wildlife moment this long weekend for me when we saw a Stoat dash across the grass into vegetation. I had wanted to see one of these for years so I loved seeing it, yet another fantastic mammal moment this weekend and year with a third new mammal species for me seen in 2023. Yellowhammer, Rooks and Blackbird were bird highlights of the walk, with my first wild marjoram, wild basil, harebell and squinancywort of the year and restharrow, mignonette, rosebay willowherb, lady's bedstraw, eyebright, dock, scabious, yarrow, herb-Robert and wayfaring tree berries other nice plants to observe as well as mushrooms which I saw well in Rutland too. Many of these plants were some of the first I learnt at this site three years which makes me feel nostalgic for where my passion for plants really ramped up in my pandemic days discovery of plants.

[onenicebugperday]

Hoping you can help me with this fellow I saw this week in Westchester, NY! I love its antenna, which were sort of feathered (unfortunately, my camera didn't do a great job capturing that). No luck identifying it on my own - thanks for any help!

Lovely little friend! It's a forester moth, specifically an orange-patched smoky moth, Pyromorpha dimidiata. The amount of orange they have on the shoulders varies between individuals, so that may be why you had a hard time IDing it.