Asian Magpie Moth Caterpillars.

Asian magpie moth caterpillars.

04/07/23 - Lepidoptera: Nyctemera baulus - QLD:WET, farmland

'blah blah moths are boring cuz they're all brown blahblah blah'

'no they're not! some moths are ✨colourful✨'

Oh. Oh you sweet summer children. What of texture, what of shape, what of pattern, what of refined elegance what of the beauty of things that existed before the tiny speck of dirt in the fingernail of existence that we humans are... that carry on with the tasks of their kin while you sleep in a city built on hubris that will topple because of the thoughtless destruction of all that benefits us... what of that??

hello!

Found this pretty little thing a while ago

Any idea what it is?

Saw this and immediately knew it would be a sphingidae moth/sphinx moth!!

This here is a blinded sphinx. They sometimes expose their eyespots, which look like this:

And the reason they're called a blinded sphinx is because their eyespots have no pupil.

Super cool :)

(credits to insectidentification.org for that info bc while I didn't directly quote their website and I'm sure the information isn't exclusively 'theirs', there was a very strongly worded footnote abt plagiarism and i am afraid they will hunt me down)

Luna Moth (Actias luna), male, family Saturniidae, eastern United States

photgraph by Benjamin Salb

Unfurled Chinese Luna Moth Shows Me the Stars

Here's my most recent self portrait! It's where my username comes from. I love moths and when I draw them, I try to depict them as my emotions and feelings. In this drawing, I am feeling hopeless but there is a large Chinese Luna Moth that lands on my face and points me to look up at the sparking night sky. Its tails represent tears. The dark clouds are how I usually feel but the stars and the moon are some sort of hope and happiness.

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