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[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #186

Arge Moth / Arge Tiger Moth

Apantesis arge

From the erebidae family. They have a wingspan of 38-50 mm. It can be found throughout North America.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[alloutofluck]

TikTok - Make Your Day

Here are some illustrations of my moth/butterfly collection 🦋

[sarielsnowings]

🦋 The Lepidopterist 🦋

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Lepidopterist

--prompt from @nosebleedclub (20 May)

A painted lady's wings split in my hands, like a spiderweb rolled over by a bicycle wheel. Its ruddier wings color my fingertips, and its life flashes before my eyes.

My irises stare at the lightbulb, a soul dying alongside a trembling creature, discreet amongst its friends, and illuminating what remains of fairy dust and diamonds.

Between its veins, gold drips away and I try to catch it. But one cannot send blood back to an arm, unless the heart still beats. --Elda Mengisto

[rubicunda]

photographs showing the underside of morpho butterfly wings (1, 2)

[butterfly-and-moth-species]

Pink moth species

[m00nagedreamin]

i’m feeling the passion for science again

here’s the cecropia moth! it’s currently one of my favorites and one i’ll hopefully be able to find this summer! <3

[luckybatbones]

a male io moth Automeris io

sarasota, fl

march 2023

io moths are sexually dimorphic (meaning you can identify which are male and female) this one right here is bright yellow and has fuzzier antennae, which are the indicators of the male io moths.

this is a female io moth i saw in late january (in sarasota). she is a reddish-brown color and has thin antennae, which are indicators of the female io moth. most giant silkworm moths, the family saturniidae, males have fuzzier antennae than the females. however, io moths also have a color difference!!