#lymantriidae

[reanimateobjects]

[rattyexplores]

✤ Arctornis lucens - Lymantriidae, “Tussock Moths”

16/03/21

[bugsfromtokyo]

Poisonous moth caterpillars feeding on a tea plant leaf.

[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!).

[drhoz]

#1278 - Iropoca rotundata - Irapoca Moth

Seen by Jeff Pows, over on the East Coast. Another moth, this time in the Lymantriidae, in which the female is plump, fluffy, and wingless. The males are pretty fluffy as well, but have fully developed wings.

The caterpillars have been found on a variety of gum trees.

[amysanimaladvice]

Orgyia antiqua - Rusty Tussock Moth caterpillar

[danhallett]

Lymantrine Moth (Arctornis sp., Lymantriinae, Erebidae) por itchydogimages Por Flickr: Pu'er, Yunnan, China see comments for additional image (another individual)....

[saturniidays]

When caterpillars eat it is the cutest thing and you can fight me