#pentadactyla

[drafthearse]

White Plume Moth ♂ - Dorsal side

[podartists]

The Five-Toed Manis, Manis pentadactyla

[mahamayax]

Piórolotek pięciopiór / śnieżynka (Pterophorus pentadactyla, Aciptilia pentadactyla)

[darkcatblacksoul]

Art for Russian-speaking Hollow Knight Ask. The Hollow Knight in the form of a pterophorus pentadactyla.

Art from 2022.

[bug-befriender]

Plume Moths, the bugs that went bird-mode

Moths are already the best things that ever happened, but when I found out that plume moths existed, my heart melted. As you can probably guess, plume moths don't have actual feathers, but the structure of their wings very closely resembles bird feathers. Only a few plume moths have the common butterfly wings most moths have

The species you can see in the picture above is called white plume moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla) and can be found all over europe and parts of north africa and iran. It has been my goal to photograph this specific species ever since I found out about plume moths last summer, so maybe this year will be the year!

Until then, take this picture of the also very cute Emmelina monodactyla that looks like a very wide T

[ketrinadrawsalot]

JuneBug: Celestial Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)

[earhartsease]

asking for a friend - can anyone identify this little beauty? seen in Wales

update: identified :)

[nikofortuna]

JTTW Chapter 73 Thoughts

Chapter 73 for the @journeythroughjourneytothewest Reading Group!

Honestly you cannot blame the daoist for getting angry. In fact he is quite noble for that after having heard one of the monks potentially having tried to assault the spider ladies, which are his friends no less. Anyone with a little care in their heart would be rightfully pissed.

However he also does not act hastily, but goes to make sure it is the right individuals first. Another point for the daoist!

Pangolin! Specifically a Chinese Pangolin or Manis pentadactyla.

Here are some obligatory cute pangolin pictures!

And a reminder that they are critically endangered. This is due to habitat loss as with most animals, but also heavily due to illegal poaching for their meat, which is considered a delicacy in some countries, and their scales, which are used in traditional medicine to no scientifically proven effect.

The backstab from the daoist is so good narratively in the way that it depicts the guy as a bad and selfish person.

Okay, so how do many legs translate into many eyes? Well, I could see the beams probably being what is really meant to translate into the legs, but I would have made the “eyes” just many holes instead and not just on two ribs but along all of his ribs to make it a little more close to an actual centipede.

Also I would have made the poison consist of a couple of refined types of insect venom instead including centipede and spider to really bring out the relationship to the spider women and foreshadow the daoist’s true identity more.

Those are mostly nitpicks though and no real issues.

[covenawhite66]

Pangolins are the most trafficked animal in the world, according to the outlet, which noted 23.5 tonnes (nearly 26 tons) of pangolins and their body parts were bought and sold in 2021 and that one million pangolins have been poached in the last 10 years. The giant ground pangolin is endangered.

The giant ground pangolin reemerged in Kenya in 2018, the first time the scaly creature had been spotted in 47 years.

Asian pangolins:

Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) – Critically Endangered

Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) – Critically Endangered

Palawan pangolin (Manis culionensis) – Critically Endangered

Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) – Endangered

African pangolins:

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) – Endangered

Giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea) – Endangered

Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) – Vulnerable

Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla) – Vulnerable

[mysticmothworld]

for noooooo reason at all; if you wanted to make a hollow knight-esque moth king character, what would be your top picks of moths to base the character on and why?

I haven't played hollow knight yet, so I did some research. The moth characters' colour scheme is mostly neutral with some pops of colour. There's a lot of emphasis on shape, so my first thought was a plume moth, maybe Pterophorus pentadactyla?

image credit: Didier Descouens

But why stop at a plume moth? What about a many-plumed moth? Like Alucita phricodes?

image credit: Edward Meyrick

I also think some sort of metalmark moth would be cool: a lot of metalmark moths are jumping spider mimics and have fake eyes at the ends of their wings. These marks aren't recognizable as eyes irl, but could be exaggerated in the character design.

Also: they have evil eyes!! just look at this devious fella

image credit: Abhijith A.p.c on researchgate

Gracillariidae moths are also very shapey, specifically when their wings are spread out. This unID'd one reminds me of hollow knight a lot, especially the way its legs are held under it.

^it's copyrighted so I linked it

The Golden Clearwing is especially beautiful, and also very eldritch looking which I think suits the purposes of hollow knight.

Warreniplema fumicosta has a Shape.

Lastly, Atkinsonia clerodendronella. Spiky legs!!

^this was the nicest picture I could find but it's copyrighted so I linked it

[arthistoryanimalia]

For #WorldPangolinDay:

Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)

from the Wellesley Albums, painted in Bengal by a local artist, c. 1798-1805

British Library NHD 32/24

[myososheep]

Moth watercolor painting (3/5)

Pterophorus pentadactyla, aka the White Plume Moth

[mahamayax]

piórolotek pięciopiór

[1mikel2]

Time Is Running Out 😢

Concept Campaign For WWF

Made Using Midjourney 👉 https://seedily.uwu.ai/

@Lance Bennett suggested that I envision melting-wax candle versions of endangered animals, emphasising the urgent need for intervention before their extinction becomes a reality 😞

Featuring;

1) Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia)

2) Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus)

3) Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus)

4) Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

5) Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)

6) Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)

7) Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)

8) Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)

9) Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus)

If you'd like to learn how to make images like these then sign up for our Midjourney training using the link at the top of this post.

#wwf #awareness #endangered #animals #creativity

[alienworlds]

White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)

[sitting-on-me-bum]

The most trafficked mammal on our planet

Pangolins consume up to 20,000 insects a day and are covered in hard scales made of keratin (just like our fingernails), which is unusual for a mammal. Most pangolin species are now being driven towards extinction primarily because of the demand for their scales, even though there is no scientific evidence showing their healing properties or special medicinal function. Pangolins are the most trafficked mammals on our planet; Chinese pangolins (M. pentadactyla) are extremely rare in Hong Kong, which is why this photograph is a precious souvenir of an encounter with such a vulnerable creature.

Photographer: Artur Tomaszek

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