#planipennia

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Myrmeleon formicarius Tracheata Insecta Pterigota Neuroptera Planipennia - Myrmeleon formicarius

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Tracheata Insecta Pterigota Neuroptera Planipennia - Chrysopa perla

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Some concept sketches done four years ago.

Planipennian Mothra, since moths didn't show up until the Jurassic. Lacewings didn't just have the advantage of appearing in the middle Permian, they also had very butterfly-like forms with the Kalligrammatidae. www.metafysica.nl/wings/rohd19…

Constantly being low on salt, lepidopterans will readily consume the body fluids of vertebrates, sometimes directly from the source, like sweat or tears. 37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgh… Or gill mucus. Also, using Macroglossum as a reference, because hummingbird hawkmoths make an interesting reference. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…

Mothrapillar with a fake face, to look more intimidating. strangebehaviors.files.wordpre…

Muto mimicry, because nothing says 'fuck off' like impersonating the giant equivalent of a tarantula hawk. Real life mimicry as whole body: www.felinepress.com/images/03-… And as picture on the wings: neurophilosophy.files.wordpres… The right doodle was based on a micropterigid, one of the very few groups of moths that have biting jaws rather than a proboscis. Angry fluffball Mothra demands more booty. Vampire Mothra, because there are not really many giant flowers around to pollinate. Vampire moths (males sucking blood, female sucking bananas): cdn1-www.webecoist.momtastic.c… A big-winged design. The colouration is based on an European peacock butterfly, which is an actual animal and not a Mothra reference from the classroom. www.l-seifert.de/bilder-schmet…