The Mothman's Blog

🦋((moths!!!))🦋 🦋If I misidentify a moth or it's in the "to be identified" tag and you know what it is then please tell me!🦋

[trulyvincent]

Amazing moths

[discovermoths]

Regal moth

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Bombyx mori

Bombyx mori - Domestic silkworm

Family: Bombycidae

[onenicebugperday]

Clouded Crimson Moth, Schinia gaurae, Noctuidae Found in North America

Photos by arrowheadspiketail58 (1-2), arbutterflynut (3), nathantaylor (4-7), zdufran (8), WINGSaloftinKS (9) and nathantaylor (10)

[mothic-gothic]

Chlorhoda Tricolor

Family: Erebidae

First Described: 1982 by Hervé by Toulgoët

Found in: Peru

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Oleander Hawk Moth (Daphnis nerii, Sphingidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu'er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE…..

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🌙 Luna Moth  🌙

[onenicebugperday]

I was asked to post some edgy black and red moths! Enjoy~

1 - 2. Cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae, photos by paulcools and harsiparker

3. Six-spot burnet, Zygaena filipendulae, photo by apeterlongo

4 - 5. White-tipped ctenucha, Ctenucha rubroscapus, photos by donhenise and howard7

6. Scarlet-winged lichen moth, Hypoprepia miniata, photo by markread

7. Cosmosoma auge, photo by maribela

8. Ptychoglene phrada, photo by psyllidhipster

9-10. Scarlet-tipped wasp mimic, Dinia eagrus, photos by Andreas Kay

[onenicebugperday]

Moth near okc in Oklahoma. I love its pattern.

Ahhhh yes very pretty! Confetti wings. This flappy friend is an arge tiger moth. Their hindwings are a very nice pale orange:

Photo by wildcarrot

Thanks for sharing this fuzzy friend!

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[mothic-gothic]

Plutodes Flavescens

Family: Geometridae

Disovered: 1880 by Gardiner Butler

Habitat: The Himalayas and Borneo

[onenicebugperday]

I was asked to post some of my favorite colorful moths so here’s a small sampling! Some are very common or well known and others less so but I cherish them all.

Comet moth, Argema mittrei:

Photo by imbeaul

Indian moon moth, Actias selene:

Photo by ygurjar

Clown tiger moth, Idalus herois:

Photo by Andreas Kay

Io moth, Automeris io:

Photo by anita363

Rosy maple moth, Dryocampa rubicunda:

Photo by mayacrow

Tiger moth, Chlorhoda thoracica:

Photo by Andreas Kay

Oleander hawkmoth, Daphnis nerii:

Photo by diptihumraskar

Tiger moth, Anaxita decorata:

Photo by agroecologo

Tiger moth, Barsine striata:

Photo by hugoto

Princely tiger moth, Chrysocale principalis:

Photo by flecksy

Saturniid, Loepa formosensis:

Photo by wallacechen

Beautiful tiger, Amphicallia bellatrix:

Photo by easleybirding

[psikonauti]

Actias dubernardi - Chinese luna moth

[mothsperhour]

African Moon Moth (Argema mimosae) ♀

I love when moths hold their 1st pair of legs like this. 

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Bug of the Day

More floof.

(silkworm moth, Bombyx mori)

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Tiger Moth, Chlorhoda tricolor, Ecuador Photos by Andreas Kay

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Look at these colorful bois, 10/10.

[onenicebugperday]

Hi there! Do you have any clue who this lil dude is? I’m in Fort Collins, Colorado and I’ve been trying to identify him but I can’t find another one that looks like him anywhere.

I sure doooooooooooo it’s a leafy spurge hawkmoth caterpillar. Their coloring can vary pretty widely from individual to individual and from instar to instar. The adults are very lovely as well! Check out this dude:

Photo by paulcools

Thanks for submitting this long friend!