#ailanthus

[thoughtcage]

It's a valid life goal to try and make it to the end of a rainbow.

[thesingingbullfrog]

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

[fleetingfutures]

My very first ailanthus webworm moth! :^0 I was so excited to see this guy hanging out on my milkweed. They have such pretty markings!

Michigan / June 2024

[the-diary-of-vivienne]

[lunarlotuscove]

A adorable Ailanthus Webworm Moth I believe? If not, please let me know what this cutie is!

Wednesday November 6th 2024 2:25-2:27 p.m.

[speakingofnature]

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

Deceptive concealment takes many forms...hiding in plain sight is not simply a skill of the trickster, it is also a recognition failure of the deceived.

[rabbitcruiser]

James (Byron) Dean was born on February 8, 1931.

[faguscarolinensis]

Atteva aurea on Eucomis pallidiflora / Ailanthus Webworm Moth on Giant Pineapple Lily at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[crudlynaturephotos]

[nobodyknowsthebuggiesiveseen]

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

My boss insisted I "go look at Annabelle" before a storm rolled through. He was right, and I'm glad I did!

[muirneach]

look at this beautiful beautiful moth i saw on the court

[male2mutt]

elise’s oc question was so sick so im going to follow suit & ask for all the NON-prime numbers. for Phive. please 🌞🗡️

for you boss man? anything 😌

phivarus "phive" ailanthus is another dnd/terrave oc and (technically) the first dnd character i played :3

1. phives biggest lie (to himself and others) is that he is exactly what his parents want him to be. he is extremely not, but not for the reasons *he* thinks

4. idk if this counts as a hobby to all but oh my gods he misses going to the church. as complicated as it makes him feel, its the only place hes ever been where anything felt like it made sense, any order to the world

6. his favorite fruit is an emelofruit custard with granola and sweet cream. emelofruit is hard to come by where hes been adventuring and so he keeps it to himself. a little precious memory he can return to, just for himself

8. oh.. pretty strict. i think he feels it for his friends, but where he grew up, hes never heard it used for anyone but family

9. while hes used to tough love, hes pathetically desperate for gentle love

10. it hasnt come up in the campaign but he loves social etiquette and fine dining

12. he loves antihumor. tell him a joke with a long set up and a complete dud of a punchline and he loses it

14. slowly. like he never really wants to

15. the biggest change would be between how he is with his friends/adventuring party and when hes around his family, but they dont rly know that yet

16. himself lmao

18. his brother, leonorin

20. his aunt who runs a relic shop in the capitol. has fond memories of when she visited as a child but otherwise hated that her work took her away from the family

21. im not sure if this is a spoiler or not.................

22. doing anything blindfolded. scares the shit out of him

24. he did no such thing and does not appreciate you accusing him of something that was probably hexes doing

25. again. etiquette. hes fighting marionettes and giant eels. put this man in a gala where he belongs

26. oh being fired or ousted would crush him

27. a cameo brooch of his own mothers likeness. its locked in a truck in his room

28. he says he wants to go home. he never wants to go home again

30. he sort of takes everything personal. he feels like his whole immediately world is his responsibility, for better or worse

32. oh he would try not to break any law, but he also isnt a fan of closed doors, so maybe unlawful entry shsjdjg

33. hes drawn swords on ppl before so

34. a firm handshake and a hug if they offer

35. drawing a sword on idinos befki lmao

36. hexe, until they grow closer. but i think its absolutely to the benefit of both of them

38. prayer. if he has to do it in front of an audience, it makes his stomach twist up

39. hmmmm. invited to feel included

40. it doesnt bother him. he has to lead by example anyway

42. he would proselytize shsjfkg

44. he already knows common, elven, and halfling, so probably dwarven or gnomish, as theyre related languages

45. jewelry

46. huge listener. he prefers to talk during lulls, but if you put him on the spot, he flubs

48. any of his siblings

49. yes, and does all the time. with little complaint

50. oh literally all of his current religious beliefs. thats on purpose

51. from summit to set, praise be solanum. ends his morning prayers with the phrase, so at least once daily

52. emotions first babey

54. FIGHT BABEY

55. his oath.

[lotitheism]

pass the mantle.

[faguscarolinensis]

Bombus impatiens and Atteva aurea on Eutrochium fistulosum / Common Eastern Bumblebee and Ailanthus Webworm Moth on Hollow Joe-Pye Weed

[punkgardener]

AILANTHUS WEBWORMMMM MOTH (Atteva aurea)

(my photo of an Ailanthus Webworm Moth, Atteva aurea)

This super cool little dude here was found chilling on my milkweed! They like my sedum a lot too which is where I normally find them, these guys are a native species to the eastern US and can be found pretty much all the way through Canada to Mexico, I've never seen them before this season and at first I thought they were a beetle because I never saw their proboscis or them fly, They get their name Ailanthus from the tree of heaven, Ailanthus altissima, tree of heaven is an invasive species unlike the webworm moth which is native, but when the tree of heaven was introduced and began to spread, the range for the Webworm moth did to!

This is incredibly fascinating to me as I rarely think of invasive species and native ones working together. I always have thought of invasive species as being unusable by a native species. Even when a bee drinks nectar from a Chinese privet or a bird nests in a Bradford pear, I always thought that was the limit of the use, something that just takes the place of something more beneficial, but while that still is the case for some species of plant and animal, in the case of the Ailanthus Webworm moth, it has truly used the tree of heaven to its advantage. I've never heard of or thought of a native species using an invasive one in this way, to further its own gain and spread across the US. I find it truly fascinating!

I'm not saying this is a good or bad thing of course; I despise invasive species especially ones as fast acting and destructive as the tree of heaven. I just think it's interesting to see how the tree of heaven has also facilitated the spread of a species that was already a US native.

Also I found this at the end of one website explaining why they weren't a serious pest and I thought it totally sounded like the webworm moth wrote it:

Links to where I learned this stuff:

If anyone else has seen these guys and wants to add any pictures or info, please do! Let's share all the knowledge we can!