Side view of a large moth hanging from a dry stem. The moth is green with brown markings on the sage and across the middle of the forewings. She has long green scales resembling hair at the back of the head

Aenetus djernaesae - Marie’s Splendid Ghost Moth

Spotted this stunning female Ghost Moth (Hepialidae) in a coastal area around 150km north of Perth last night. This species appears to be endemic to Western Australia.

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

A Snowshoe hare behind a multitude of twigs & branches, is facing the camera. It's large brown edged ears backlit by the sun, glow a pinkish orange in their centers.

#Mammal #Lepidoptera I tried so hard yesterday to get a decent shot of a Snowshoe Hare. Even though I managed to flush out 5 different ones, this was the best 'Easter Bunny' I could come up with. They had no patience for my shenanigans.

Also at College Lake (Buckinghamshire) one each of Speckled Wood (FoY), Orange Tip & Brimstone #ukbutterfly #butterflies #ukwildlife #lepidoptera @bbowt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

Peacock Butterfly, Aglais io visiting a dandelion in my lawn just now 🌱 #gardening #lepidoptera #springtime

Iphiclides podalirius, mariposa podalirio, en flores del lilo #Lepidoptera 🦋🪻

Photo of a rather glossy chrysalis attached to a whitewashed stone wall.

closer view of some of the textures on the same chrysalis

Some lovely, leathery textures on this very fresh cabbage white chrysalis. <3 (from last August)

#pieris #lepidoptera #insect #wildlifephotography #chrysalis #galloway #scotland #uk

Sunrise over a coastal dune showing a peachy pink sky over gently rolling green covered sand dunes with low lying smoke from a bushfire visible

Grammodes ocellata, the Large-eyed Box-owlet

Armactica conchidia

Armactica conchidia

Currently in an area characterised by coastal dune systems and we’re seeing a good diversity of moths including:

Grammodes ocellata - the Large-eyed Box-owlet

Armactica conchidia - both female (bottom left) and male (bottom right)

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

A large yellow butterfly with black tiger stripes sips nectar from a daisy, facing the camera with wings partly open and swept back. He is surrounded by green foliage and more daisies. Papilio glaucus and Astranthium ciliatum. Oklahoma Northern Crosstimbers ecoregion 29a.

An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail on Western Daisies today in the garden. I've seen several fly by in the past few weeks, but he's the first to stay long enough for pictures. #gardening #nativeplants 🌱 #butterflies #lepidoptera

A brown and grey hairstreak butterfly sits on some juniper branches

Loki hairstreak (Callophrys loki). Riverside County, CA. March 2026.

This butterfly is only found in a few counties in Southern California and in northern Baja. It uses juniper as a host plant. Really excited to find one!

#lepidoptera #butterfly #butterflies #CaliforniaButterflies

A spicebush swallowtail butterfly is sitting on the ground. The pic, shot from above, shows large black wings slightly apart. The black background is contrasted by white-to-teal splotches on the wing edges, with two orange spots near the body.

Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus). #photography #butterfly #butterflies #insect #floridainsect #nature #wildlife #lepidoptera #spicebushswallowtail #spicebushbutterfly #naturephotograph #photos A

Two butterflies 🦋

Butterflies-R-Free Saturday: #Butterfly #Insect #Lepidoptera #NaturePhotography #Nature #Saturday 🦋 🧪

Eucyclodes buprestaria - emerald green moth on a beige stone wall

Large plume of smoke and clouds over a controlled bushfire

Just had the biggest number of moths visit our moth trap that we’ve ever seen. There must have been 400+ moths along with several new species.

There was a large bushfire near us yesterday, not sure if that contributed to the bumper numbers 🤔

#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

More bug setups <33

#insects #bugsky #lepidoptera #oddity #taxidermy

I missed putting these together ;;0;;
#insects #bugsky #lepidoptera #oddity #taxidermy

Checkered White butterfly on a Spring Dandelion. #checkeredwhitebutterfly #dandelion #butterfly #lepidoptera #bugsarecool

Happy Bug-Off Friday!!
In our next round 2 match up we have Ephemeroptera vs Lepidoptera🦋

Vote in the comments till Monday for your favorite!!📨

#ephemeroptera #lepidoptera #greatontariobugoff #entomologicalsocietyontario

Callophrys rubi 🦋

#biodiversity
#Lepidoptera
#butterflies
#Lycaenidae
#Callophrysrubi

Oruga de... ¿¿ Aporophyla nigra ?? Sierra Morena occidental. 28 marzo 2026. En hoja de Himantoglossum robertianum.

@txaverius.bsky.social @cmhmaliani.bsky.social

#lepidoptera
#lepidópteros

Side view of two moths, one much larger than the other. The larger moth has white wings with a pattern of black and red patches across them. It is facing a much smaller moth that is brown in colour. Zooming in shows that the much smaller moth has several patches of raised scales making it look quite spikey.

It's always nice to bump into a friend

This beautifully coloured Heliotrope Moth (Utetheisa pulchelloides) was sitting face to face with a very tiny and rather spikey looking Leptozestis sp. moth at our moth light recently.

#teammoth #mothfacefriday #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist

Utterly fantastic…. #lepidoptera #science 🧪🧪

Zerynthia rumina, también conocida como mariposa arlequín, ya en vuestros prados de confianza #Lepidoptera 🦋

Green-yellow and brown, 4-month-diapausing pupae of Papilio machaon butterflies. Butterflies are fascinating and amazing organisms that I never get tired of observing. Let’s see how the patterns look. 🦋🐛

#Lepidoptera
#Butterflies
#Papiliomachaon
#Papilionidae
#Variation

From fresh to dry: Moth body weight changes through preservation Body weight is a key trait in insects, reflecting size, condition, and energetic status. It also influences their flight performance, reproduction, and ecological interactions. Yet most ecological and...

#Museum #moth #specimens lose significant body mass through drying and preservation - making weight data from collections hard to interpret ecologically. This study quantifies that mass loss across multiple workflows. See the results doi.org/10.3897/nl.4...

#Entomology #Lepidoptera

@uni-jena.de

First butterfly capture of the year - Peacock seen at Genners Field next to Bartley Reservoir Birmingham UK - 31-03-26 #photography #butterflies #insects #lepidoptera #canon #macro #naturephotography #nature #uknature #photographersofbluesky

Did you know that a Mourning cloak chrysalid could move? We were relocating
this one from a precarious place, and Kevin was preparing to tie silk floss around
its cremaster and hang in a safe place. It got to wiggling once it had been
touched. Perhaps a defense mechanism? #StayCurious #Lepidoptera

I love the names they have...Burnished Brass, Chocolate Tip, Treble Lines, Pebble Hook-tip #lepidoptera #teammoth

Help #nature #natural_history #entomology #lepidoptera #botany #wildflowers #butterflies #insects #birds #ornithology #wildlife #trees #garden #gardening #biodiversity #bugs #RSPB We need support on YOU TUBE Channel to bring more content www.youtube.com/@wildliferan.. Thank you for your support

Tomares ballus (una mariposa) vista en la Laguna de Somares en Málaga. Muy bonita aunque esta desgastada. Creo que es una hembra, todavía me cuesta identificar el sexo de las mariposas.

Tomares ballus vista en la Laguna de Somares en Málaga.

Muy bonita aunque esta desgastada. Creo que es una hembra, todavía me cuesta identificar el sexo de las mariposas.
#mariposas #lepidoptera #butterfly

Blood-vein, Clifton Nonpareil, Poplar Hawk, Gold Spot #lepidoptera #teammoth

Ruby Tiger...one of my favs!
#butterflies #lepidoptera