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INKTOBER / ART-TOBER DAY 3 : MOTH / CANDY

he might look like a trick but I assure u he's just a lil treat

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Death’s head hawkmoth, Acherontia atropos, Sphingidae

Photographed by Matthieu Berroneau

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Orache moth, Trachea atriplicis, Noctuidae

Photographed in France by Matthieu Berroneau

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fembug

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Listen I'm not racist with other moth types that aren't Saturniids

but uh

respectfully

what the fuck is that.

common moth archetypes I’ve encountered

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Another warm thank you to spiderfan for bringing this post to my attention!

Look at all of these pretty pastel moths!

Pastel colored moths 🌸

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You shall thwart us yet, human!

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Thank you for bringing this post to my attention my Spiderfan friend!

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wow look at them!!!

they're girlfriends,,,

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The Beauty of Moths

— by Pieter Cramer (1721–1776)

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I don't remember the name of this moth but she has striped thigh highs !!!

Oooh! I’m not sure what she is either but she’s so pretty!! Anyone else know?

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Hehe <3 why else would I love them so much?

i love it when moths are shaped like this and rthen you get them in a glass to let them outside and you see them from underneath and they look like this

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I’m so blessed to meet this little lady, the first of my 7 cecropia caterpillars from last summer to emerge. I wasn’t counting on her to come so early! I’m hoping to find her a mate, but I don’t know how good her odds are in this neck of the woods. I found her mother in the suburbs about 5-7 miles from here, so I don’t know how many cecropia find their way close to the urban (but still residential) core.

For those wondering: she is every bit as soft as she looks and she sounds like a bird when she beats her wings. Also she has a strong smell; kinda like musty chocolate and old leaves.

If I am fortunate to get fertilized eggs out of this group, I would love to raise the next generation of caterpillars. They have brought me so much joy and I missed them so much during their long pupation.

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freshly hatched silk moth | source

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doing this again fjfngnf now themed by type more specifically than in my butterfly chart… these will be all zygaenoidea (burnet moths, flannel moths etc - mostly small day moths I believe)

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haha! look at that funky little guy go :3

domestic silk moth (bombyx mori) | source

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Whoa! Look at this cool journal :D

the luna moth journal by quirkycupcollective on ig