Too view of a moth with black wings, a red neck and several white bands around the abdomen

Always exciting when these stunning moths visit our moth light and we were lucky enough to have two of these Hestiochora occidentalis moths last night.

These moths are restricted to the Perth region of Western Australia.

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An ivory white caterpillar covered in long silky hairs sitting on a passion vine leaf. Spilosoma virginica.

A woolly caterpillar with golden tan hairs eating lamb's quarters.

Another woolly bear caterpillar with rusty orange hairs tipped in black eating an aster plant. These caterpillars are not picky about what they eat.

Woolly Bears! These are all just different colors of Yellow Woolly Bears, the caterpillars of the Virginian Tiger Moth. Spilosoma virginica. #insectthursday #caterpillars #moths #lepodoptera #gardening 🌱

Idea leuconoe, Paper Kite looking so pretty amidst these leaves! [I am slowly going through my Malaysia/Singapore pictures, lol!] If anyone has any insights on current stock photo site states, lmk!

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