#micro moth

[herpsandbirds]

may we appreciate jus some lil moths? Like the ones that like our lamps?

Well, I have never visited your lamps, so I don't know who visits. But I can definitely give you some small moths.. Here are some gorgeous little "micro-moths"...

Orange Micro Moth (Chrysoclista linneella), family Elachistidae, London, ONT, Canada

~5 mm

photograph by Jay Cossey

Orange-headed Epicallima (Callima argenticinctella), family Oecophoridae, eastern U.S.

~10-13 mm

photograph by WanderingMogwai 

Micro Moth (Micropterix aureatella), family, Mictopterigidae, Charnwood Lodge, Leicester, UK

photograph by Kate Nightingale

[belfastroadster]

A lovely Argyresthia-goedartella moth in the trap this morning. Like a tiny fleck of gold! 😎

[onenicebugperday]

Peacock micro moths, species unidentified, photographed in the Peruvian Amazon and Ecuador

Photos by Art Anker - Posted with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

[ifelten]

Art af Fjermøl - sands. Djævelsbid-fjermøl (Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla)

Hviler på Lavendel (Lavandula sp.).

Species of Plume Moth prob. Twin-spot Plume (Stenoptilia bipunctidactyla)

Resting on Lavender (Lavandula sp.).

[belfastroadster]

Argyresthia conjugella from the moth trap at WWT Castle Espie this morning.

[moth-mom]

Adela caeruleella, Southern Longhorn Moth. 

Athens, GA. 

Source. 

[wildcate]