#moth larvae

[beausbugbiome]

Hyles lineata — White Lined Sphinx moth caterpillars at different instars. 🌸🐛

Lately I’ve been trying to go for more walks, just to keep my body moving, and I discovered a nearby bush that is covered in white lined sphinx caterpillars! Now I visit them daily. I think it’s so neat that these are all the same species, just different instars!

Hyles Lineata is definitely my favorite native moth, I even have a tattoo of one! Here’s an adult I saw on vacation a couple years ago and a photo of my tattoo right after getting it done (hence the plastic wrap.)

[webdiggerxxx]

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[alex-fish-art]

Drew Jane prentiss since apperantly the larvae in my kitchen cabinets came back

[mushiniwa]

[briery]

Cup moth larva (Belippa horrida), by Sinobug on Flickr. (Hi-Res).

[tatters-the-bat]

So a few days ago, I saw a moff hanging out on the wall outside - a tiger moth I think, I'm not the greatest at identifying, especially moths with how varied they are lol

Anyway, it was hanging out there for a lil while... and when it left, it left behind a cluster of eggs!! This was really really cool for me, I didn't know what moth eggs look like, now I do! Tiny golden pearls :D

Then earlier today, I checked on them and they were cookin' good! You can see the dark spots in 'em, all the lil larva getting ready to hatch!!

And then, I just got home and checked again... AND

CONFIRMED TINIES!!!!!!!!

[botany-bug]

Inktober 2024.

Day: 1

Prompt: Backpack

Subject: Bagworm caterpillar

I tend to start inktober full of excitement and ideas, but then quickly get overwhelmed by all the options.

So this year I decided to set a theme

All my illustrations will be of, themed after, or in some way related to invertebrates.

Although that still leaves me with [quite literally] billions of options to chose from, it narrows the scope just enough to make it manageable.

Needless to say, if you’re not the biggest fan of insects [which I don’t blame you for having phobias or even just being squeamish] feel free to mute my posts for the month.

I will be tagging each drawing with its respective phobia as well as more common tags for the creatures. I apologize in advance if an illustration slips through the tags and ends up on the wrong dash.

Happy Inktober! 🐛

[emotionalsupportgoblin420]

This is Rosa. She is a pug moth larvae. I'm not sure what exact species of pug moth she is. She's my pretty baby ❤️