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Not sure what kind this little friend is!!! Found in the Northeast us (New England haha) back in July
Moth ID - NE US:
Hllo, yess, this is the Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia), family Erebidae.
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Marian Ellis Rowan (1848-1922, Australian) ~ One hundred and fifty-eight medium- and small-sized moths, in seven columns. A wide range of families is represented, including the NOCTUIDAE, ARCTIIDAE, LASIOCAMPIDAE, LYMANTRIIDAE, GEOMETRIDAE, PYRALIDAE, SESIIDAE, etc.
Watercolour with bodycolour on green paper
[Source: Christie’s]
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Little guys to pin on whatever your heart desires!
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The Buff-Tip Moth: the resting posture, shape, and color/pattern of the buff-tip moth allows it to mimic a broken birch twig; the moth's buff-colored head and the patches on its hindwings even resemble freshly-snapped wood
It also definitely tends to look like there's a weird little smiley face in the setae surrounding the moth's head, which is arguably even more striking but for some reason none of the sources I dug up on this species seem to mention that weirdness.
The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) can be found throughout the British Isles, mainland Europe, and Asia, with its range extending into Eastern Siberia.
Sources & More Info
- Wildlife Insights: Buff-Tip Moth Identification Guide
- ButterflyConservation.org: Buff-Tip Moth
- The Wildlife Trusts: Buff-Tip Moth
- Wildlife Insight: the Buff-Tip Moth
- Moth Identification: P. busephala
- Encyclopedia of Life: Global Map of Known Occurrences for P. busephala
- Insecta: Phalera bucephala
- Lepidoptera and their Ecology: P. busephaloides and P. busephala
- Journal of Ecology & Evolution: Strong Foraging Preferences for Ribes alpinum in the Polyphagous Caterpillars of Buff-Tip Moth Phalera bucephala
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A very famous moth, the African death's head hawkmoth :) Named after the skull shape on their back, though honestly i dont care about the skull, i care about the fact that they can SQUEEK!!!
I LOVE THEM SO MUCH
Popular culture was robbed when it was decided that Dracula turns into a bat when it is allegedly actual authentic Romanian folklore that vampires can turn into these.
At one point in Dracula they mention that vampires can control moths. What I want to know is: Why the hell is no one making moth vampires!!!
Turning into moths instead of bats, sleeping in cocoons, fluffy half-transformed vampires with big moth wings and inhumanly dark eyes. Moths are even (mostly) nocturnal!