#lymantria

[herpsandbirds]

hii! can u id this? found this in the Region 3 of Luzon in the Philippines!

Moth ID - Philippines:

Hello, yess, this is a Luna Gypsy Moth (Lymantria lunata), family Erebidae.

Luna Lymantria (Lymantria lunata) · iNaturalist

[razehider]

a freshly molted spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) and its old clothes. i often tend to find later instars of caterpillars cuter than the earlier ones - they have to be hefty - but i'm always a sucker for a freshly molted one thanks to the comical proportions, as seen by this thing's absurdly huge head and hairs compared to its body that hasn't caught up yet. boy's gotta eat

(May 11th, 2025)

[tox-talks]

[rubicunda]

Lymantria mathura (Rosy)

photo: Joseph Scheer

Lymantria mathura, also known as the rosy moth, is a species that is known for being a defoliator. They are considered pests and invasive. Rosy moths are capable of causing damage by eating mass amounts of foliage off their host trees, resulting in tree death, loss of fruit, and possibly stunting the tree’s growth. They have about 185 host tree types although prefer Himalayan oak, East Indian almond, Konara oak, sal tree, Java plum, and Arjuna. Their larvae can travel by air using naturally produced silk threads to carry them along wind currents.

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Gypsy Moth Lymantria dispar Erebidae

Photographs taken on July 3, 2021, at Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Woodview, Ontario.

[ugly-anastasia]

Pain In The Grass | Lynnie

It looked like Jessica Rabbit’s influence was spreading. 

That was the only explanation for the state of the lawn at 90 Sequoia Close. Annie noticed it first driving past on a sunny April day, then again when she turned her car around and drove past a second time to get a really good look at it, and then a third time when she slowed down and reallllly looked at the patchy, yellowed, dead grass and the abundant weeds that threatened to take over the whole property. It was horrifying. It was offensive. It was a personal insult!

And so, once Annie had properly calmed herself down and collected her thoughts, she made it a point to go knock on the door of 90 Sequoia Close, armed with printouts of her more illuminating lawn-related articles.

“Hi,” Annie said sweetly when the door opened. “You got a minute?”

[outfit]

@thelostillusionist​

[psikonauti]

Lymantria sp.

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Someone was asking what my moth sheet looked like, here is are photos of what it looked like during the 2017 spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) infestation. That’s a mercury vapor lamp on the tripod, and a UV black light hanging on the other side.

Unfortunately, this set-up is no more, because a tree fell and took out the soccer rebound net, but I have the BioQuip moth sheet set up in the back woods now (it’s an arc of tent poles with a fitted sheet velcroed in - could not find photos, will take one this spring!).