#Lepidopterophobia /

[moths-daily]

have you ever posted the hag moth? their larvae are the most curious looking caterpillars ive ever seen

Moth of The Day #155

Hag Moth

Phobetron pithecium

From the limacodidae family. They have a wingspan of 20-28 mm. They can be found in North America. Their larvae are known as Monkey Slug.

And some pictures of their larvae, because I can't not show them to you:

[heckyeahponyscans]

Two observations from the ongoing turmoil surrounding pro-Palestinian protests:

First, free speech is vitally important, will always come under attack, and must always be defended.

Second, it doesn't matter if someone "feels" threatened or in danger, it matters if they ARE in danger. If walking by a peaceful protest makes you feel threatened, that is something to discuss with your therapist, not the campus police. (This also applies to all those stupid Stand Your Ground laws which result in people getting shot for knocking on the wrong door because the homeowner was "afraid.")

Fear is an emotion that garners sympathy. So we get people describing how scared :( they are . . . when actually they're annoyed. Actually they're disgusted. Actually they're angry. It is embarrassing to behold, like a soccer player rolling around clutching their leg to buy time on the clock.

Fear can be real too, of course. In the early days of the internet I stumbled across a newsgroup for people with lepidopterophobia--the fear of butterflies. The members talked about how disgusting butterflies were and how their stomach clenched when they saw them fluttering around. It is reasonable to feel sympathy for people with a fear of butterflies. But it is not reasonable to dust the world with pesticides to get rid of something harmless.

[botany-bug]

Inktober 2024.

Day: 1

Prompt: Backpack

Subject: Bagworm caterpillar

I tend to start inktober full of excitement and ideas, but then quickly get overwhelmed by all the options.

So this year I decided to set a theme

All my illustrations will be of, themed after, or in some way related to invertebrates.

Although that still leaves me with [quite literally] billions of options to chose from, it narrows the scope just enough to make it manageable.

Needless to say, if you’re not the biggest fan of insects [which I don’t blame you for having phobias or even just being squeamish] feel free to mute my posts for the month.

I will be tagging each drawing with its respective phobia as well as more common tags for the creatures. I apologize in advance if an illustration slips through the tags and ends up on the wrong dash.

Happy Inktober! 🐛

[chronicbeans]

Valentino's existence makes me feel so vindicated for no reason. My fear of moths has been justified by an evil, stinky character being a moth demon.

I have no reason to feel this way but I do.

[turtle-sister-april]

Me: *sitting on the couch, hugging Mayhem, and looking terrified*

Leo: *walks over* “Hey April, have you seen Mikey?” *notices how I look* “More importantly, are you ok?”

Me: “I will be. Mikey’s outside watching the butterfly migration and I’m trying to think of what to do to get my mind off it.”

Leo: *grabs 2 controllers, sits next to me, and hands me a controller* “Wanna play Mario kart?”

Me: *smiles* “Sure”

[nattherat96]

LEPIDOPTEROPHOBIA

I was depressed and my mom unknowingly gave me this idea.

[lunar-cyn]

Bro I already have a fear of ants do I seriously need to developing a fear for moths too??

Like I had 2 moths TODAY scare the living hell out of me

Istg the moths in my house are my FNAF jump scares 😭

THEY HATE ME OR SMTH

[post-apocalyptic-shitstorm]

Commission for Magneto_was_Left (CS) (2023)

[fluffy-goddess]

I started playing tears of the kingdom and go to gerudo desert

There's a permanent sandstorm

There's gibdos

There's flying gibdos

They have butterfly wings and I have lepidopterophobia

[pulled-clown-pork]

Moth charaters +butterfly enemy

[moths-daily]

Have you done luna moths? :3

Moth Of The Day #120

Luna Moth

Actias luna

From the saturniidae famiy. They have a wingspan of 8-14 cm. They tend to inhabit deciduous forests. They can be found all throughout North America.

Took you all long enough. /j

[straying-further-from-gods-grace]

*BURSTS THROUGH DOOR

SLIPS AND SLIDES BECAUSE I FORGOT GRIPPY SOCKS

CRASHES THROUGH THE WALL*

YO

I JUST FIGURED OUT WHY I'M SO UNEXPECTEDLY ATTRACTED TO VALENTINO

CAUSE HE'S A MOTH

BUT HE LOOKS LIKE A BUTTERFLY

AND NOT ONLY FOR I GET FREAKED OUT BY SHIT THAT ACTS LIKE OTHER SHIT

I'M SCARED OF BUTTERFLIES AS A MIX OF THAT AND THEM BEING PLAIN CREEPY

AND AROUSAL CAN BE A FEAR RESPONSE AND IDK IF I CAN EVER LOOK A BUTTERFLY NORMAL AGAIN

[urmom8543]

intro!!!! (Redone ver)

first off, hi!

I’m a lesbian and non binary fellow

current interests: Disventure camp, Percy Jackson and the olympians, Class of ’09, SIX the musical, Total drama.

young artist

my account is mainly about Disventure camp ✌️✨

Please don’t come near me if you hate gabby from disventure camp 😘

Mental health state: depressed and tired

phobia’s: Autophobia,Lepidopterophobia

That’s all bye ✌️

[hanielconh]

This is my new Oc, its a clown, he is scary of butterflies

[archival-arrival]

LepidoFearic

a gender related to ones fear of of Butterflies and/or Moths.

a gender made with pw Lepidopterophobia in mind.

LepidoLovic

a gender related to ones love of butterflies and/or moths.

LepidoLoFearic

a gender related to both ones fear and love of months and/or butterflies, loving them despite a fear.

a gender made with lepidopterophobics in mind

[pirates-are-secret-agents]

butterflies.

they honestly scare me so badly, whenever one gets close to me, i will freak out. i usually try to hide behind other people as protection. I'm too afraid to exit the house when there is one flying around in the backyard (it's a tiny yard, so they're always fairly close to the house).

once, on my way to work, a butterfly flew very close to my head, almost hitting it (like maybe 2 cm off) and i arrived at work, tears streaming down my eyes, difficulty breathing, almost in a panic attack (which I've never had before). luckily my boss is very kind and understanding so she gave me something to drink and eat and let me calm down before starting my shift.

i can handle pictures and videos (don't love them, but it's alright) but irl i get so terrified

*NOTE: in this case, phobia refers to a very strong irrational fear, not being a little scared of something. if you can handle snakes but they make you nervous, that's not a phobia.