#roadsidesallowmoth

[thegrandimago]

This is the 102nd installment of 'Since I've Been Gone'. Taken on 2020 26th October during my time with @americanconservationexperience, we left Iowa the day before. But first, we rested in Joplin, MO for our journey back to Corpus Christi and were in the process of leaving. Before that could happen, I was able to find this sizable roadside sallow moth (Metaxaglaea viatica). However, the reason the wings are blurry is the moth was vibrating its wings as a form of shivering given that it was cold at the time. #animal #animals #nature #insect #insects #mothsandbutterflies #moth #moths #insectagram #missourimoths #owletmoth #owletmoths #imago #missouriinsects #missourinature #wildlife #missouriwildlife #sallowmoth #sallowmoths #arthropods #arthropod #animalia #arthropoda #insecta #lepidoptera #noctuoidea #noctuidae #metaxaglaea #metaxaglaeaviatica #roadsidesallowmoth (at Days Inn Joplin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWbbg_3KAkm/?utm_medium=tumblr