#Saturniinae

[onenicebugperday]

@thedogmanofalcatraz​ submitted: This lovely lady was perched on my building last October! We're both residents of Southern Alberta, and I'm pretty sure she's a silk moth! I'd love some confirmation though, if you please! She's got some gorgeous little black stripes on her front legs, but I didn't want to get too close and bother her. :)

Ohhhhhh a perfect angel. She is not a silk moth! If you mean a domesticated silkmoth, then that would not be found in the wild (because they are a domesticated species), and wild silkmoths (in the same genus as domesticated silkmoths) are brown and found in Asia. Giant silk moths in the subfamily Saturniinae are found all over the world including Alberta, but they are larger than this and as far as I know, none of them are pure white. 

This sweet lil fella is actually a tiger moth, either in the genus Spilosoma (likely a Virginian tiger moth) or a fall webworm moth, but I’d need a better look at it to say for sure, since they have different colored abdomens hidden under their wings :)

[lawful-evil-novelist]

I'm down for character designs. I expect symbolism (possibly pictures if at all possible)

Tell me which moth/moths u chose and why. Please n thank u

Oh I have so much symbolism, but the moths.

So when deciding on a moth species to have Drury spliced with, originally I wanted to pick a moth from the family Bombycidae, also called silkworm moths, but after a lot of consideration I leaned a bit closer to Saturniidae, particularly the subfamily Saturniinae, also called giant silkmoths.

Drury's always been pretty heavily associated with giant silkmoths in my work. My choice for his birthplace and heritage are directly linked to one of the largest moths on Earth: the Atlas Moth.

That said, when deciding the moth species in specific, I wanted to pick a species first documented by one of his namesakes, either Dru Drury or Francis Walker. As a result, I settled on Samia cynthia, also called the ailanthus silkmoth, which was documented by Dru Drury in 1773.

a lot of his tattoos include moths too, including moon moths, imperial moths, and of course giant silkmoths.

[gliphelgeneral]

Luna moth (Actias luna) ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬๑۩۞۩๑.▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● The Luna moth (Actias luna) also known as the American moon moth is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly known as giant silk moths. It has lime-green colored wings and a white body. The larvae (caterpillars) are also green. Typically, it has a wingspan of roughly 114 mm (4.5 in), but can exceed 178 mm (7.0 in), making it one of the larger moths in North America. Across Canada, it has one generation per year, with the winged adults appearing in late May or early June, whereas farther south it will have two or even three generations per year, the first appearance as early as March in southern parts of the United States.

Eggs, attached in small groups to undersides of leaves, are mottled white and brown, slightly oval, and roughly 1.5 millimeters in diameter.[8] Larvae are primarily green, with sparse hairs. The first instar, emerging from the egg, reaches a length of 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in), the second 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in), the third 12–16 mm (0.47–0.63 in) and the fourth 23–26 mm (0.91–1.02 in). The fifth (final) instar grows to approximately 70–90 mm (2.8–3.5 in) in length.[8] Small, colorful dots – yellow or magenta – may line the sides of the fourth and fifth instars. The larvae may take on a reddish-brown color just prior to cocooning. Fifth-instar larvae descend to the ground and use silk to bind dead leaves around the cocoon.

The imagoes (winged, sexually mature), often referred to as 'adult moths,' emerge from the pupae with the wings small, crumpled and held close to the body. Over a period of several hours the wings will enlarge to full size. Wingspan is typically 8–11.5 cm (3.1–4.5 in), and in rare instances as much as 17.78 cm (7.00 in). Females and males are similar in size and appearance: green wings, eyespots on both forewings and hind wings, and long, sometimes somewhat twisted tails extending from the back edge of the hindwings. Bodies are white and hairy. Adults have vestigial mouthparts and do not feed. Energy is from fat stores created while a caterpillar. The forward edge of the forewing is dark-colored and thick, tapering in thickness from the thorax to the wing tip. Its color can range from maroon to brown. The eyespots, one per wing, are oval in shape on the forewings and round on the hindwings. Each eyespot can have arcs of black, blue, red, yellow, green or white. The eyespots are thought to confuse potential predators.

There are some sex-determined and regional differences in appearance. Females will have a larger abdomen compared to males because it contains 200–400 eggs. Both sexes have antennae, but on the male, much longer and wider. Wing color is blue-green in the north and for the over-wintering generation in the central and southern states; second and third generation wing color has more of a yellow-green tint.

[menotthatkindoforc]

What is your favorite insect and why would Gorrik dislike it

Ah I have so many favorite insects!!!! So I love cockroaches sm and I don't think Gorrik could disagree with that because they're perfect and cannot be honestly disliked by any entomology enthusiast (... entothusiast)

Mmmm but I also really like members of the saturniinae (giant silk moth) subfamily and as adults they don't (and can't) eat and live for avg 5-12 days after emergence from the pupa. I think this makes it a questionable favorite insect choice, because they really just live to fuck nasty and starve to death

[kingeraskblog]

What’s your favorite insect?

Oh, the Luna moth! Scientific name Actias luna, also called the American moon moth. A Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths.The moth has lime-green wings and a white body. Its caterpillars are also green. Its typical wingspan is roug-

[bugsandblogs]

BUG OF THE DAY #2:

Luna Moth

Actias luna, known as the luna moth, also known as the American moon moth, is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly named the giant silk moths. The Luna moth can be found in North America from Florida to Maine in the United States (east of the Great Plains), and from Saskatchewan in Canada (east through central Quebec to Nova Scotia). Additionally, vagrant luna moths are hardly observed in Western Europe.

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[rattyexplores]

What a gorgeous creature. I can’t imagine how fat the caterpillars must be.

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[pixie1013]

Had this little oakworm less than a day and it burrowed. @khamubro spotted him in a parking lot and brought it home for me to raise. Can't wait to see if it's a bright big yellow female or a rusty yellow male! #orangestripedoakworm #saturniinae #Lepidoptera #moth #entomology #caterpillar #caterpillarsofinstagram #buggirl #insects #larvae #larva #larval #blackcaterpillar #oakwormcaterpillar #caterpillaridentification #stripedcaterpillar #horned #horns #hornedcaterpillar #bugs #southcarolinainsects #ninetysixsc #yellowstripedoakworm #oakworm #yellowmoth #spikeycaterpillar #caterpıllar #animals #nature #🦋 (at Pixieland Farm) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTRH1yMLXSX/?utm_medium=tumblr

[kaikaku]

Beautiful polyphemus moth that came to my porch window a week or so ago. First one I’d seen in ages. 

[dendroica]

Lovely luna moth at the Neosho National Fish Hatchery (via USFWS Midwest Region)

Photo by Bruce Hallman/USFWS.

[toddjdreyer]

Hyalophora cecropia / Cecropia Moth (7767)  decided to eclose today.

[that-crazy-scorpio-man]

I found a wandering green sausage today.

[medusinn]

*Caterpillar of the Saturniidae Moth

*Male small emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia(Saturniinae)

[lycomorpha]

Saturnia pavoniella (female) by Patrick Laferl Via Flickr: Saturnia pavoniella (Scopoli, 1763) Bombycoidea▸Saturniidae▸Saturniinae▸Saturniini Small emperor moth (EN), Südliches Kleines Nachtpfauenauge (DE) Reared from the egg. She emerged on March 27th. From Austria.

[robotdanceparty]

[andymorin]

I think...you just need to shut up about this LMAO

The Luna moth (Actias luna) is a Nearctic moth in the family Saturniidae, subfamily Saturniinae, a group commonly known as giant silk moths.  It has lime-green colored wings and a white body. The larvae (caterpillars) are also green. Typically, it has a wingspan of roughly 114 mm (4.5 in), but can exceed 178 mm (7.0 in), making it one of the larger moths in North America. Across Canada, it has one generation per year, with the winged adults appearing in late May or early June, whereas farther south it will have two or even three generations per year, the first appearance as early as March in southern parts of the United States.[1]