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Is this where I sign up for moth of the week!?!

Yes! On Sundays, I will be posting a moth of the week! You can also look out for other types of moth-related posts in the future :]

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Hello! V sorry for the @, I accidentally deleted your ask. If you can, can you resend your submission?

But for your question: I don’t mind any submissions for the moth of the week, but depending on when you submit them they may or may not be in the immediate next post because I have some of these already planned out. However, I will definitely take your submissions into consideration! For future reference, just one suggestion please, and I think you’re v rad too! :]

psst hey you you ever heard of the polyphemus moth

yeahhhhh good stuff

check em out

Psst, hey! I have actually heard of this moth before, in fact it was one of my first Moth of the Week posts. You can find the post here!

Check ‘em out! :]

i have a question about tolype moths; they have a spot of curly, wiry hairs on their back. what is it? i tried to look it up and only found one person claiming females tore it off to protect eggs but they didnt sound confident. is it soft?

Hi! So sorry for the late reply.

The females do in fact use scales (hair) from their thoraxes to cover their eggs. However, I can’t find if they specifically use the dark hairs on their back. They may also use the white hair on their front or a mix of both, but I can’t find a source that specifies.

I also can’t find if the dark scales are soft, but I would avoid touching them as the caterpillars of the large tolype moth are covered poisonous spines. It is unclear if the adult moth has any toxins but it’s better to be safe than sorry!

Hope this helped! :]

The quality isn't very good but here's a caseworm moth catterpillar I found in my house

The dark part at the bottom is his head :)

Hi! So sorry for the late reply

Fascinating! I tried to look up the caseworm moth to share some facts, but I only found the household casebearer moth. I’m curious: are they different names for the same moth or different moths? Please let me know if you can :]

I have a poplar hawk moth and a elephant hawk moth for you!

Hello! So sorry for the late reply, these are such great photos!

Fun fact: the poplar hawk moth is known for how it pushes its hindwing up so that the hindwing is seen in front of the forewing. This hides the red patch on the hindwing which this species will display if disturbed. (Source)

Another fun fact: elephant hawk moths have very sensitive eyes that allow them to have colour vision even at nighttime. (Source)

I’m sure you probably know a lot about these species if they are in your area, but let me know if you’d like to see a post on these moths! :]

have you done the luna moth yet?

Hi! Yes I have, you can find that post here. :]

rosy maple moth pls

Hello! I have covered this moth before, you can find it here! :]

I love love LOVE your blog! Can I request the northern giant flag moth? Also, do you know other blogs or accounts about lepidopters? I would be glad if you shared them ^_^

Hi! Thank you so much for the ask and the compliment! I’ll get to working on your request.

Answer to your second question is under the cut:

At the moment of writing this, I only know of two Lepidoptera blogs: moths-daily (which is currently on hiatus) and identifying-lepidoptera-in-posts (which also covers butterflies).

A good place to start looking for blogs would be under the “moth facts” tag, but you will have to sort through a few silly posts with satirical facts. (I found a couple more blogs, normanologys and factsaboutmoths, using this tag, and they both seem to be totally moth-focused!) Similar tags like “moth” or “Lepidoptera” should work too!

If you’re also looking for butterflies, the tags “butterfly facts,” “butterflies,” and “Lepidoptera” should work like the tags above.

These tags may also show you blogs centered around animals, bugs, and fun facts in general that have the occasional moth/butterfly post.

Sorry for the long reply, hope this helped! :]

I am in love with your blog. Can I request a very very colorful moth?

Hello! Thank you for the ask and the support!

Of course you can request a colorful moth! I have no problem researching any species of moth. Colorful moths usually have more research recorded on them than more plain ones, so I’m a bit partial to posting about them. If I have already made a post about your species, I will direct you to it.

So please, request away! :]

I think I have a large emerald for you!

Hello! Thank you for the pic, it looks beautiful! The color and markings come through very well.

However, due to the pointed hindwings and the marking on the abdomen, I believe that this is actually an Angel-Winged Emerald (Chloropteryx tepperaria)! This species is in the same family as the Large Emerald, and there are other many emerald moths in Geometridae that look similar to it too!

Fun Fact This moth actually gets the name “angel” from its pointed hindwings (source).

Pic of the Angel-Winged Emerald for reference!

(This is my own speculation! I am not a professional at recognizing and determining moths!)

Thank you again for the picture! I’d love to see any more if you are comfortable with sharing! :]

thank you for the info! I love learning about moths, they're my favourite animal!

here's another one of them, this time with a friend on the side!

Hi! Sorry for the late reply, I was trying to find what species these moths could be! I love these pictures! :]

Small disclaimer: I am not a professional, so these are all my own speculation! Some moths are so similar they even need to be dissected in order to be properly determined/recognized! (Species under cut):

Anyways, I believe the larger green moth is a grass emerald (Pseudoterpna pruinata), also in the Geometridae family!

Fun Fact the grass emerald can inhabit an altitude of up to 1500 meters in the southern Alps (source).

Pic of grass emerald for reference

The second smaller moth was much trickier to find a similar match. But I think this may be a riband wave (Idaea aversata)! Specifically, I think it is the form Idaea aversata f.remutata, which has no gray between the two ones on the forewings.

Fun Fact The form remuata of the riband wave is more common in the north of its range and is very similar to the plain wave (Idaea straminata) (Source). Your moth may even be a plain wave!

Pic of riband wave (f.remutata) for reference

Thanks again for the pics! Moths are definitely one of my favorite animals too! :]