#box tree moth

[harkthorn]

Caught and released this lovely Box-tree moth earlier

[onenicebugperday]

@pastelsilkmoth submitted: Found this little guy in [removed]! (remove location please!) Any clue on what it might be?

Yup, it's a box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis. They are not native where you live :(

[moths-daily]

Moth Of The Day #163

Box-tree Moth

Cydalima perspectalis

From the crambidae family. They have a wingspan of 40-45 mm. They tend to inhabit gardens and hedgegrows. They can be found in Asia, Europe and North America.

Image sources: [1] [2]

[lowkeiloki]

awesome moff i found today, unfortunately theyre invasive in europe, but fuckk its so pretty :(

[love-fi]

Box Tree Moth by Stephen Geisel Via Flickr: Box Tree Moth Macro Photograph by Stephen Geisel My Photo Prints: society6.com/lovefi Photo Blog: luv-fi.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/steviegeisel/ Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/

[mantischildren]

some friends (and unfortunately foes) in the garden last weekend

[clavainov]

september has treated me well

[urlocalsupermarketofendocrinosis]

Cydalima perspectalis

aka the box tree moth

so pretttyyy

i love these moths their wings are iridescent

ten out of ten would let eat my brain matter for sustenance

[newtz-lepidoptera-blog]

The 5th box tree moth !

[beautywithinnature]

Found this absolutely beautiful Box Tree Moth today, I don't see many of these, glad I had my camera!

[pallanophblargh]

Wrangling the Children onto some fresh leaves. The Cecropia Kids are over 40 days old and still growing, and I’m starting to worry they won’t pupate in before I leave on vacation . Granted, I’m sure everything will be ok but it’s in my nature to worry over multi-legged invertebrate children. I just love larvae.

(Forgive the frass, I cleaned it out shortly after getting all the cats onto fresh food)

[onenicebugperday]

@amazingakita submitted: look at this lil guy! a newborn that was messing with its proboscis in the first two, and just chilling with its wings in the last

(found in the uk)

I am looking! Looks like another box tree moth, like the last submission. When moths first emerge, their proboscis is generally in two pieces that they then sort of zip together to make a sucking tube, which is probably what's happening in the first photos.

[miyrumiyru]

Mommy moth is laying her precious eggs on box tree leaves.

Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis)

[elektroyu]

Found a Box-tree moth in my kitchen (was alive at first and found it dead later) and I'm planning to preserve it. The pearly white and slightly shiny dark border of the wings is really beautiful!

However I'm still mulling over which pose I should give it. The standard pose for collections? Could potentially be useful for scientific purposes should it last beyond my lifetime and change hands. Or should I rather go for a more natural pose, which potentially could provide a different value (= the natural resting pose)?

I feel I should decide this very carefully, because once I've actually started preserving butterflies I probably would like to keep them mostly in the same type of position. Usually in art I'm trying to depict my subjects as true-to-life as possible and I'm wondering if I should keep this approach for this or if it's better to keep it aligned with traditional scientific preservation. It's kinda hard to decide 😅 Any thoughts?

I mean look at that beauty:

[lycomorpha]

I got in one (1) night's moth-ing before the weather turned again, but fingers crossed for tomorrow 💖🦋

Until we're past the gales, here's some super-cute moths from previous years to remind you that:

- moths are beautiful

- they pollinate ur plants at night

- their caterpillars are essential food for baby birds

- they're a crucial part of many ecosystems, with life cycles connected to those of trees and wildflowers, birds, and lots of other invertebrates

The moths in the pics are: small emerald, blood vein, small blood vein, tree lichen beauty, box tree moth, orange swift, scorched wing, riband wave & willow beauty, brimstone moth.

Thank you from the Moth Promotional Board ✨🦋✨

[mantischildren]

had this very cute box tree moth visit my house to seek shelter from a hurricane 🥰