A photo of the head and forebody of a yellow/orange moth resting on a blue painted wood surface. The moth's legs, head, and body are covered in fluffy fur-like scales. The moth has feathery antennae. The way the flash bounced off the moth makes it appear to glow.

It was a good bug night, have some #MothGlow 😻

Io #Moth, #Automeris io.

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Invertebrates
#insects
#Saturnidae

Chomp chomp little one. #CostaRica #Automeris

A photo of the dorsal surface of an orange and yellow IO Moth with large eyespots on its hindwings. The moth's body is covered in fur-like scales and it has feathery antennae. The forewings are orange with large dark spots on the middle front and r smaller dark spots and a washed out dark line along the trailing edge. The Hindwings are bright yellow and have orange fur-like scales along the inner surface that leads to an orange line that sweeps along the trailing edge. A black line is just forward of the orange line and large dark eye spots are in the center of the hindwings. These eye spots are usually hidden and are flashed when the moth feels threatened (I gently spread the forewings to get this photo)

A focus stack of the IO Moth's forebody taken low and from the side showing the large fluffy legs, the fuzzy yellow head, the dark eyes, the fluffy antennae, and the wing's leading edge in greater detail

A photo of the IO moth's dorsal surface as it normally appears (when it does not feel threatened.) It has a broad triangular almost arrowhead shape. The forewings marked with a large dark spot in the middle, a washed out dark line along the trailing edge, and small dark spots along the front, cover the hind wings almost completely.

A photo of the moth resting on my fingers. The moth with wings closed is about 2 inches across. The moth is not in the best focus in this image as I was trying to balance and shoot my camera one handed!

Some more photos of the IO #Moth, #Automeris IO from last night.

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Invertebrates
#insects
#Invertefest

A fuzzy yellow and orange moth resting on the shiny curved surface of a lamp head. The moth is covered in fluffy hair-like scales, it's large dark eyes are just under it's long feathery antennae.

A photo of the top of the triangular head of a yellow and orange IO Moth. The moth's head and legs are covered in fluffy fur-like scales. The feathery antennae are just visible, before they sweep back under the orange wings which have dark spots. The fluffy legs are spread out around the front of the head and have tiny orange feets. The way the photo was taken makes the moth almost appear to glow.

Last night while wrapping up the Tallahassee Area Nature Challenge, an IO #Moth ( #Automeris IO ) visited. I have shared photos of these moths before, but last night's photos were just extra 😻

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Invertebrates
#insects
#Invertefest

A photo of the front of a large yellow and orange IO moth, a silk moth, (Saturnidae) next to a very small gray moth of indeterminate species, they are resting on a white fabric The Io Moth has yellowish hair-like scales on its legs, head, and the front of its body that gives it a fluffy appearance, The fore wings are yellow/orange with dark wavy markings, the hind wings feature large black eye-spot markings that are ringed with yellow and deep orange

A photo of the same scene but showing the moths from above. The Io Moth has a roughly rhomboidal shape. The markings on the wings are more fully visible, the wavy lines on the fore wings and the and the eyespots on the hind wings showing the light colored central potion, the black outer portion, the deep yellow surrounding them another slender black ring, and then a deep orange red ring.

One of my most favorite #photos of the year is this shot of an IO #Moth ( #Automeris io ) and a very small friend who visited in june, Additional shot of IO glory included 😁

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#MacroPhotography
#Insects
#inverts
#Saturnidae

A triangular shaped yellow/orange moth with spots and a wavydark line across the lower portion of the forewing

The moth's wings spread showing the large dark eye-spots on the hindwings.

A closeup of the moth's face showing the fur-like scales on the head and legs.

Some more shots of the IO #Moth ( #Automeris io) from the other night.

#Macrophotography
#Lepidoptera
#Saturnidae
#Insect(s
#Inverts(S

A large orange and yellow moth with black eyespots on the hind wings, from the front next to a very small moth.

Big moth, little moth.

An IO Moth, #Automeris io, next to a smaller moth of indeterminate identification.

A 6 shot focus stack.

#Macrophotography
#lepidoptera
#Insect(s
#Invert(s

A pale yellow and orange moth with large dark eye-spots on it's hide wings.

The moth with it's forewings covering the eyespots.

A closeup of the moth's head showing the feathery antennae

A close up of the eyespot showing the many tiny scales

I was finally visited by #Saturnidae last night. This is the IO Moth, #Automeris IO.

#Macrophotography
#Lepidoptera
#Invert(s
#Insects