#lepidopterids

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Hmm... (Buff-Tip, Phalera bucephala)

Nah, I'm pretty sure that's just a couple of tiny sticks

[somnambulant-seraphim]

I've been wanting to try embroidering something with a wing pattern, so here's a pine processionary moth and caterpillar (Haumetopoea pityocampa).☾⋆˚₊·𓆦∘.⍋༄࿔˚₊·.

They get their name from the behaviour of the caterpillars, which travel in a long, unbroken, single-file line. It provides protection from predators, along with their irritating, toxic hairs. They are a destructive pest to forests, but a visually beautiful insect none the less.

I fumbled the symmetry of the wings a little, but I'm overall happy with how this piece turned out!·₊˚𓆦˚₊·⍋˚₊·࿐࿔⋆·.

[hybridcrows]

saw a butterfly. is anyone here autistic enough to tell me what kind this is

[artemisiamasterofnone]

bug upside down now wtf

I leave it alone for TWO MINUTES WTF

[guaracoded]

The “harbinger of death and destruction” kept crashing against everything and refusing to go back outside for a bit

[uncharismatic-fauna]

tobacco hornworm

Nah, I'm pretty sure that's a blue raspberry gummy worm

[uncharismatic-fauna]

stick on my window (similar in shape to a buff tip moth, but the coloring is different, so i couldn't give a confident id)

Another stick! The camouflage skills of these guys is crazy!

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Who needs firework when you've got the wattle-cup moth caterpillar? Although they look celebratory, the caterpillar's bright colors and protruding, poison-tipped spikes are actually meant to ward off predators ensure that the caterpillar lives to see the new year!

(Image: A wattle-cup moth caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata) by Peter Chew)