#lepidotpera

[beausbugbiome]

Happy birthday! Here are some assorted friends I met during walks!

(Handled them to remove them from the roads/trails so they wouldn’t get hurt)

My goodness! Look at all these perfect friends!! 😍😍😍

[beausbugbiome]

Got this sick vintage tin-type at an antique store in Camas, Washington! 🦋

[beausbugbiome]

oh my god, is that a Hyles lineata tattoo on your shoulder?? i've been planning on getting one too, although on my opposite shoulder!! that's so cool!!

do you mind if i ask what plant it's resting on?

Yes, It’s my favorite moth! Omg we can match, haha. That’s so cool!

It’s resting in an elm branch because that’s a common host plant for the caterpillars. I’d love to see your tattoo once you get it! 🌸

[beausbugbiome]

Love this water bottle so much! From Cognitive Surplus! 🌿🐞🐝🪲🐜🐛🦋

[beausbugbiome]

🐞🐝🪲🦋 The butterfly Effect: Insects and the making of the modern world 🦋🪲🐝🐞

Really loving this book lately! Definitely recommend if you’re into bugs!

[beausbugbiome]

Hi! Idk if you ID butterflies but I found this one recently and was wondering if you could? If you can't that's fine, enjoy the picture anyways :)

Hi there! I’m not sure where you’re from, but it looks to me to be a Western Tiger Swallowtail! 🐯

Also please excuse my gross, peeling tattoo— it’s new and still healing. 🪲

[beausbugbiome]

Back in November, my boyfriends grandmother gave me a caterpillar that she had found while gardening. Being a swallowtail, it overwintered as a pupa and surprised me this morning by fluttering around the enclosure I had it in! It was a lovely way to start the day, for sure. 🥰

[beausbugbiome]

Spodoptera ornithogalli— Yellowstriped Armyworm

05/30/21 Long Beach, Southern California.