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you learn something new every day i just learned about the limacodid slug caterpillar and i am obsessed

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time lapse of a banded sphinx moth caterpillar (Eumorpha fasciatus) devouring a water primrose leaf

(Florida, 9/18/22)

E. fasciatus caterpillars are heavily polymorphic and come in several different color morphs- those stripy rainbow ones are from the same population as the green one.

another neat thing about these guys is that most caterpillars drown easily, but since water primrose (Ludwigia) usually grows in standing water, E. fasciatus caterpillars have a propensity for swimming and are often seen wriggling their way through lakes when they need to come ashore to pupate.

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Bug of the Day

The always colorful and adorable Variable Reddish Pyrausta (Pyrausta rubricalis).

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Three Scopula genus moths, specifically two Large Lace-Border Moths (top and bottom), as well as either a Soft-Lined Wave or a Simple Wave. Taken in West Virginia.

I love moths who look like doilies, tablecloths, and curtains.

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Clymene Moth

Family: Erebidae

First Disovered: 1776 by Brown

Found in: North America

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Virgin Tiger Moth

Family: Erebidae

First Described: 1758 by Linnaeus

Found in: North America

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Coprosma Hawk Moth

Family: Sphingidae

First Described: 1805 by Lewin

Found in: Australia and New Zealand

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Semioptila Trogoloba

Family: Himantopteridae

First Described: 1920 by Hampson

Found in: Malawi and Mozambique

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Cotton Leaf Roller

Family: Crambidae

First Discribed: 1775 by Fabricius

Found in: Africa

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Many Spotted Tiger Moth

Family: Erebidae

First Described: 1872 by Packard

Found in: South-Western United States and Mexico

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Indian Lily Moth

Family: Noctuidae

First Described: 1781 by Fabricius

Found in: Sri Lanka, India, and Indonesia

(Third image by @flutterboy_rani on Instagram)

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Gaudy Sphinx

Family: Sphingidae

First Described: 1758 by Linnaeus

Found in: North and South America

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Epiphora Albida

Family: Saturniidae

First Described: 1886 by Druce

Found in: Sub-Saharan Africa

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Gymnelia Wasp Moth

Family: Erebidae

First Described: (Could be wrong) 1911 by Rothschild

Found in: South America

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Privet Hawk Moth

Family: Sphingidae

First Described: 1758 by Linnaeus

Found in: Greater Europe and Asia

(First image by Helen Turner)

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The Magician Moth

Family: Geometridae

First Described: 1875 by Felder and Rogenhofer

Found in: South America

(First image by Tony Hoare)

(Third image by Allen Chartier)

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Automeris Amanda

Family: Saturniidae

First Described: 1900 by Schaus

Found in: South America