#sheep moth

[onenicebugperday]

@cloaked-figure submitted: I'm not sure if these are good enough pictures, but I helped them off a sidewalk in Orlando, Florida :>

Definitely good enough, these fellas are distinct. It's a Florida buck moth. Adults are harmless but the caterpillars have stinging spines, so don't touch! Here's a child:

Photo by techgrl18

[natureisthegreatestartist]

Are these butterflies? No, they are sheep moths (Hemileuca eglanterina), which are native to western North America. Btw. Sheep moths got their name because they were seen in pastures where sheep grazed. Bizarre and beautiful, yes?

[terrataleau]

drawing of a sheep moth for one of my school assignments

[moths-daily]

Can you do the western sheepmoth? One of my favorites after we found one laying it’s eggs then saw the eggs hatching a year later!

Moth Of The Day #127

Western Sheep Moth / Common Sheep Moth

Hemileuca eglanterina

From the saturniidae family. They have a wingspan of 55-85 mm. They tend to inhabit a variety fo woodland. They are native to North America.

[duilena]

Inktober day 12

Wait a minute this is my first time posting something from my Dumpsterfire AU to tumblr

To clarify, it's an AU where I don't hold back with disturbing topics and torturing my OCs. That way I can have some chill in my "canon" AUs.

On the left is Aquamarine. In this AU, The Radiance has tried her best to break them, since they're resistant to her direct control. All of her efforts only make Aqua more angry and feral.

On the right is a moth OC that I still need to name... She volunteered to help "tame" Aqua. She had no intention of doing so, she believed that Aqua was beyond hope. If they could never be tamed, why try? Why put them through horrible "training?" They're basically an animal, they don't know any better... So long as she's "taming" them, nobody else is. Thus, they can stay in a place where nobody is trying to hurt them.

That didn't mean she was safe from Aqua.

The moth is a sheep moth! originally I designed her as a rosy maple moth, but when I discovered the goth cousin to the rosy maple moth, I just had to change her design.

[huariqueje]

Sheep moth - Roos-Holleman

Dutch , b. 1989 -

Piezography on Hahnemühle German etching paper , 48 x 33 cm Ed: 33.

[heyimcolleen]

Now we’re talking!!

[lionfloss]

Sheep Moth