Hi Dogy

Hi dogy

(Alypia octomaculata)

I am starting to understand how people get into the science of biology, because if you have a lil bug or something you like, and you start looking for more information about it, sometimes you end up with a grand total of maybe five sources before everything gets repeated. Because as it turns out there's a shit ton of invertebrates and even the relatively common ones aren't always researched in much detail. So you eventually end up with a room full of bug habitats trying to get real data on mating behavior and then you're like oh shit I'm the preeminent expert, now who do I ask.

happy pride moth

Try refrigerating it!! (no, seriously. It calms insects down. but don't freeze them or they will die)

Sources:

pentaxforums.com

Refrigeration of insects for macro photography? - PentaxForums.com

Somebody told me recently that many macro or 'Bug-Photographers' refrigerate their insects to stop them skittering about so that they get be

butterfly-conservation.org

How to start mothing

Moths far outnumber butterflies and are much more varied, and learning about the many species in your own area is a fascinating and enjoyabl

video of a moth having a panic attack rather than letting me film her

original tiktok [here]. they/them

Hello!! Equally moth obsessed freak here, you probably can't find Jordan's antennae because moths sometimes tuck them sort of under their wings and to the side of their head :)

Jordan the moth that got into my room about 5 days ago and I haven't bothered moving because she's chill and I like to talk to her

She's a Rhodometra Sacraria I believe? I think she's female?. I thought she was male for like 4 days because I swear she had pretty feathery big antennae when I first checked her, but I cant find them anymore and I don't wanna bother her.

I'm still calling her Jordan

I sincerely hope she does not understand a word of all the shit I've talked to her because dear God she must be so done with me