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Wattle cup caterpillar (Calcarifera ordinata) looks like it just crawled out from paddle pop rainbow ice cream! #NationalMothWeek #NMW2021 🗺Habitat: widespread in northern Australia 🌿Status: No Conservation Concerns 🐛The caterpillars resemble slugs in their movements, using their sticky undersides to pull themselves along. 🐛It undergoes a remarkable transformation from being brightly colored with spots of blue and red and streaks of yellow and green to a dull cream colour. 🐛The spines along its body give off an incredibly potent sting which has been described as “worse than three wasp stings.” ✍Source: Featured Creature 📷Reference image: Flutter Starlight / Cassandre Veillette 📝Brustro artist's watercolour paper 300GSM cold-pressed 🖌 Camlin synthetic brushes 000 and 1 🎨 Art Philosophy Co. Watercolor Confections - Pastel dreams and Tropicals #fortheloveofmoths #moths #wattlecupmoth #moth #saturnidae #asian #asianforests #entomology #insects #nature #sciart #naturalhistory #art #wings #watercolor #watercolorart #mothsofinstagram #wildlife #instanature #naturalhistoryillustration #illustration https://www.instagram.com/p/CRgtD5WMo0H/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Death's head Hawkmoth caterpillar for #NationalMothWeek #NMW2021 🐛The common name for Acherontia atropos, death’s head moth, derives from the fancied facsimile of a human skull on the upper surface of the body. 🐛Plants of the Solanaceae family, especially potatoes, have long been considered to be the primary foodplant of Deaths’ Head Hawkmoth larvae. These contain toxic alkaloids. Larvae absorb these toxins and become poisonous to predators. 🐛A. atropos is the fastest species of moth in the world and can fly up to 30 mph. 🐛The poster for the 1991 film Silence of the Lambs features a death head moth, which itself contains a reference to a famous painting by Salvador Dali.  ✍Source: BBC Earth 📷Reference image: Pinterest/Alex Menrich 📝Brustro artist's watercolour paper 300GSM cold-pressed @brustro_official 🖌 Camlin synthetic brushes 000 and 1 @camlin_official 🎨 Art Philosophy Co. Watercolor Confections - Pastel dreams and Tropicals @primamarketinginc #mothart #watercolor_daily #watercolourist #mothpainting #tempuradesign #naturejournal #botanicalartist #caterpillar #entomology #insectart #botanicalillustration #natureillustration #mothsofinstagram #indianplants #wildlifedrawing #naturepainting #gouachepainting #illustrationnow #wildlifeartist #insects #natureart #watercolourart #insectart #watercolourwildlife (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRdLgwzMZlo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Cosmic caterpillar of Pacific fruit piercing moth #NationalMothWeek #NMW2021 🐛Eudocima phalonia, the common fruit-piercing moth, is a fruit piercing moth of the family Erebidae.  🐛Caterpillar vary significantly in colour from orangish- brown to black. 🐛When threatened, it curls its head under exposing the eye-spots, and at the same time lifting its tail. 🐛The larvae feed mainly on vines belonging to the Menispermaceae (Prickly Tape Vine , Round-leaf Vine , Pearl Vine , Tape Vine, Snake Vine) but have also adapted to species of Erythrina (Coral tree) 🐛Caterpillar is a serious pest in its moth stage, destroying ripe and riping fruit harvests across Hawaii, Australia, to West Bengal, India. ✍Source: Butterfly House 📷Reference image: Tumblr/ Arvinda Pal 📝Brustro artist's watercolour paper 300GSM cold-pressed 🖌 Camlin synthetic brushes 000 and 1 🎨 Art Philosophy Co. Watercolor Confections - Pastel dreams and Tropicals #mothart #watercolor_daily #watercolourist #mothpainting #tempuradesign #naturejournal #botanicalartist #caterpillar #entomology #insectart #botanicalillustration #natureillustration #mothsofinstagram #indianplants #wildlifedrawing #naturepainting #gouachepainting #illustrationnow #wildlifeartist #insects #natureart #watercolourart #insectart #watercolourwildlife  (at Mumbai, Maharashtra) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRtog2jMaXg/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Goliaths of the insect world - Atlas moths. #NationalMothWeek #NMW2021 🐛Atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, with a wingspan stretching up to 27 centimetres across! 🐛In the wild, Atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus fruit, guava and Jamaican cherry trees. 🐛Caterpillars of the species reach up to 12 centimetres long, spending every spare second eating. ✍Source: Natural History Museum 📷Reference image: Pinterest 📝Brustro artist's watercolour paper 300GSM cold-pressed 🖌 Camlin synthetic brushes 000 and 1 🎨 Art Philosophy Co. Watercolor Confections - Pastel dreams and Tropicals #mothart #watercolor_daily #watercolourist #mothpainting #tempuradesign #naturejournal #botanicalartist #caterpillar #entomology #insectart #botanicalillustration #natureillustration #mothsofinstagram #indianplants #wildlifedrawing #naturepainting #gouachepainting #illustrationnow #wildlifeartist #insects #natureart #watercolourart #insectart #watercolourwildlife  (at Keri Sattari) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRqjJmaMR9h/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Blue Tiger Moth Caterpillar for #NationalMothWeek #NMW2021 The Blue Tiger Moth (Dysphania percota) is a moth of the Geometridae family that can be found in India. The larvae feed on Carallia species.🐛 ✍Source: Project Noah 📷Reference image: Pinterest/ Rison Thumboor 📝Brustro artist's watercolour paper 300GSM cold-pressed 🖌 Camlin synthetic brushes 000 and 1 🎨 Art Philosophy Co. Watercolor Confections - Pastel dreams and Tropicals #mothart #watercolor_daily #watercolourist #mothpainting #tempuradesign #naturejournal #botanicalartist #caterpillar #entomology #insectart #botanicalillustration #natureillustration #mothsofinstagram #indianplants #wildlifedrawing #naturepainting #gouachepainting #illustrationnow #wildlifeartist #insects #natureart #watercolourart #insectart #watercolourwildlife  (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRl5ceZs1hK/?utm_medium=tumblr