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Moth of the Week:
Rosy Maple Moth
Dryocampa rubicunda
First described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793, this moth is part of the Saturniidae family. This family is better known as the great silk moth family. However, these moths are the smallest of the silk moths. They get their name from their preferred host plants: maple trees.
Description One difference between males and females are males have larger antennae to sense female mating pheromones. Both share pink antennas, undersides, and legs. Body and wing colors range from yellow, pink, white, and cream. As caterpillars they are green.
Female wingspan: 3.8 - 5 cm (1.5 - 2 in)
Male wingspan: 4.3 - 4.4 cm (1.25 - 1.75 in)
Diet and Habitat The rosy maple moth feeds on red maples, sugar maples, silver maples, box elder maples, and turkey oaks. The caterpillars eat the entire leaf and can even defoliate entire trees, however the damage isn’t usually permanent. Adult moths have no mouths so they do not eat. Rosy maple moths are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States and eastern Canada. Their northernmost reach includes Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Their southernmost reach is Dade County, Florida. They extend west from eastern Texas to Minnesota. Caterpillars live in temperate forests by suburban and urban landscapes
Mating Adult moths are solitary besides mating. During the warmer months, females release pheromones at night to attract males then lay eggs 24 hours after mating. Usually females lay eggs once a season, but they can lay up to 3 times in souther regions. In these cases, rosy maple moths are polyandrous, meaning they will have multiple mating partners. Females lay eggs on the underside of the leaves of the host trees in groups of 10 to 40 eggs.
Average amount of eggs laid: 150 - 200
Predators The predators of these moths are birds like blue jays, tufted titmice, and black-capped chickadees. To prevent predation, this moth uses bright colors to trick predators into thinking it is poisonous. Additionally, the colors help the moth camouflage itself by blending in with the maple seed cases.
Fun Fact Rosy maple moths can’t hear sounds.
(Source: Wikipedia and Animal Spot)
FAVORITE BUG ACQUIRED
sadly I could only find one mole cricket plush in existence and since it’s a hand made one it’s very expensive, so I don’t think I’ll be getting a plushie of my all time favorite bug anytime soon… but now I have my favorite moth! She is SO cuteeeee
Day 3- Pumpkin patch and Day 4- Delicious
Hope you can forgive the misspelling, I didn't want to be even more behind on these so here it is, I figured if I miss a day then I'll combine the prompts. So, here's presenting two of my moth girlies, black and red over there is still getting her look updated but I wanted to draw them, I might do a bigger and better version of this later.
Various impromptu, complex doodles. And a vent art...don't remember the context. The lady flying with magical samaras though? Drew that while listening to an Arcadian Wild concert.
Finished, this appeared more happy in my head, I'm happy with the results though!
Here's a concept: Mothman but there are several Moth-men and each one of them is based on a real moth. I
made an example with 2 moths that I like.
(∩ ͡°ᴥ ͡°)⊃━☆ﾟ.* Click on the picture for better quality
Moth Boi
Moth Mumbo is so underrated (in my opinion) so here's a rosy maple moth Mumbo!
(Yes he has pink heart socks and earrings, what about it?)
Repost of my rosy maple moth Mumbo because I feel it was underappreciated when I first posted it.
^^ Have a lovely timezone!
Weapon fairy no.8
Rosy maple moth, amaranth, spiked club
Have Gin, the Bloody Rosy Maple Moth! She a bit of a cannibal and poisonous cause her fav snack be poisonous or venomous creatures.
Currently drawing her in my style and tweaking her design a bit :3
(I made her after seeing bug OCs in @missterious-figure’s asks and decided to join in!)
Meet…
Gin the Bloody Rosy Maple Moth! She is cute and charming but beware! She is a tad bit insane and has cannibalistic tendencies. She loves eating other bugs, especially those who are poisonous or venomous. Due to her diet, she became immune to even some of the most lethal venoms so it's hard to fight back and avoid her bite. As such, her bite and blood are lethal as well, so biting into her would make the biter become paralyzed or even just instantly die depending on how hard they bit her. Once that happens, she feasts on them. She has eaten bugs bigger than her and she loves a good fight before her meals. Originally, she was fully yellow and pink like a normal Rosy Maple Moth but due to ingesting poison and venom in other creatures, the non lethal side effects changed her colors quite significantly and frankly? She likes the change a lot! And she loves it when people cower at her very recognizable colors. She has a second pair of arms on her torso that she keeps hidden and is a very fluffy bug girl!
I drew Moth Gin again so as to show her body completely. I am quite tempted to open an ask box for her lol- I lover her crazy ass
Rosy Maple Moth 💕
Making myself a little butterfly book. Her are 3 out of the five currently existing pages.
Bro it's so me
Rosy maple moth solo >>>>
Rosy Maple Moth Stimboard please 🩷💛🩷💛
rosy maple moths . . .
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Chewing at the screen (◕ᴗ◕✿)
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Rosy Maple Moth Stimboard ✨
Drew this goober (doesn't belong to me) tried to draw with watercolor brushes
Under are more versions because I can't decide which one is better and I felt like watercolor effect isn't really visible
