Male moth and what looks like a caterpillar mating, but actually is a wingless adult female
Last #YearOfTheMoth of my 30's! #YearOfTheMoth Heterogynis penella.
This alpine moth females remain a wingless grub who lays eggs in her old cocoon and then gets devoured by her babies.
#moth #teamMoth #mothweek2026 #mothweekart26 #mothweek
Dark brownish thorax of Heterogynis penella moth with 2 shorts antenna, almost translucent furry wings, gripping on a slim blade of grass. With a light green contrast background.
Still going on with the #SciArt challenge! In conjunction with #YearOfTheMoth
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Here's 9th moth. Meet the playful Heterogynis penella. 💙 #playful #moth #teamMoth #mothweek2026 #mothweekart26 #mothweek mothing with
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Monkey Moth (Ganisa group)
Kalagarh Tiger Reserve - August 2025.
#mothmonday
#ThePhotoHour #macrohour #natgeoyourshot #mothphotography #mothsofindia #niffeature2025 #biodiversity #insectsofindia #moths #teammoth #nature #mothweek #mothsmatter @royentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Wide Winged Jewel (Cyclosia latipennis)
Goa - Dec 2024.
#TitliTuesday
#ThePhotoHour #macrohour #natgeoyourshot #mothphotography #mothsofindia #niffeature2025 #westernghats #biodiversity #insectsofindia #moths #teammoth #mothweek #mothsmatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
Lichen Moth (Siccia cf taprobanis)
Rathuadhab, Corbett outskirts - August 2025.
#mothmonday
#ThePhotoHour #macrohour #natgeoyourshot #mothphotography #mothsofindia #niffeature2025 #biodiversity #insectsofindia #teammoth #mothweek #mothsmatter @savebutterflies.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
Prominent Moth (Notodontidae family) - Delhi, July 2025.
#mothmonday #mothweek
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Geometer Moth (genus Cleora) - Delhi, July 2025.
#TitliTuesday #mothweek
#ThePhotoHour #macrohour #natgeoyourshot #macrophotography #nature #mothsofindia #natgeoindia #niffeature2025 #biodiversity #moths #teammoth #mothsmatter #entomology @royentsoc.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Male Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda)
Promethea Silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)
Regal Moth (Citheronia regalis)
A few moth week highlights! Yes, that’s an eastern dobsonfly. He may not be a moth but I appreciate him regardless. 🫶 #mothweek #entomology
I came up with some stupid mnemonics for remembering how to distinguish tobacco and tomato hornworms, both of which eat tomato plants. #moths #mothweek #tomatoes colinpurrington.com/2015/09/dist...
Folks around here are seeing a pink and cream colored moth that sleeps with its face in a flower. Read more in this piece from the archives for #MothWeek
schoodicinstitute.org/moth-magic/
Punisher moth
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Now that you’re super stoked about #moths from #mothweek, check out a paper I published this year that I’m very proud of.
Spoiler alert: the tree composition in a forest fragment predicts the abundance of specialist and generalist moths. More #keystoneplants = more moth diversity
#plantanoak
Geometer Moth sp Parapholodes fuliginea perched on a wall at Rathuadhab frh, Corbett National Park outskirts, Uttarakhand - Sep 2024.
Geometer Moth sp Parapholodes fuliginea -
Rathuadhab, Corbett outskirts - Sep 2024.
#mothmonday
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Close-up of a dayflying orange, black and pink moth, resting on a green leaf.
Same moth from the side showing orange with black striped abdomen. She had been laying eggs on this Osoberry plant.
An Osoberry plant stem with newly emerged green leaves, and white dangling buds and blooms.
Finishing #MothWeek with this lovely Western Sheep Moth we met yesterday. She was ovipositing on Osoberry which is in the Rose family. Third pic is Osoberry blooming in March.💚
Osoberry info. here...
calscape.org/Oemleria-cer...
#NativePlants #CaliforniaNativePlants #iNat #Moths #NaturePhotos 📷🌱
Huge moth with broad wings. Bright yellow with horizontal reddish brown stripe and blotches and speckles. Body yellow with brownish red bars. Resting on brick exterior of a convenience store, directly beneath a light.
Great ending(?) to National Moth Week: An enormous female Imperial Moth at a convenience store in New Florence, Missouri, USA. #bugsky #mothweek #NationalMothWeek #moth
Background: moths aligned in neat rows. Imagery: an illustration of mothman and the covers of Amara's three mothman books. Text: Buy my moth books! books2read.com/mothpit books2read.com/spidermoth books2read.com/mothwoods amaralynn.itch.io
I hope you've enjoyed #mothweek #mothmara facts and don't forget to check out my moth books and pre-order Moth Woods!
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The name Clymene holds great significance in Greek mythology as a forename for princesses and a water nymph.
Some call it the “goth moth” for its coloring and upsidedown cross design.
The rosy maple is named for it's rosy color and maple because they lay eggs on maple trees.
#mothweek #mothmara
Female moths give off pheromones which attract male moths to mate with - this is what inspired me to have my moth people be able to sense each other's pheromones.
#mothweek #mothmara
Background: moths aligned in neat rows. Imagery: a mock cover for Skater Moth and a meme showing a clymene moth and a rosy maple with the text "he was a punk. She did ballet.' Text: You probably have Sk8er Boi in your head now and that's exactly what I intended. Clymene moth/rosy maple MCs Female moths give off pheromones which allows males to find them to mate - this is what inspired my moth people being able to sense each other. The name Clymene holds great significance in Greek mythology as a forename for princesses and a water nymph. Some call it the “goth moth” for its coloring and upsidedown cross design. The rosy maple is named for it's rosy color and maple because they lay eggs on maple trees.
#mothweek #mothmara facts final day!
Facts about my WIP Skater Moth!
Yes it is based on the song Sk8er Boi and you probably have it in your head now don't you?
It was inspired by this lovely meme pictureed in this graphic.
It has a cylmene moth and rosy maple MCs!
I had a great morning with @bchighland.bsky.social yesterday monitoring Dark Bordered Beauty. Manchester Treble Bar & Cousin German were also exciting finds.
@savebutterflies.bsky.social #TeamMoth #Moths #MothWeek #MothsMatter #Nature
Moths are more effective pollinators than butterflies and pollinate at night.
#mothweek
a black and blue moth with a vibrant orange head perches on the photographer's hand and looks into the camera
side view of a black and blue moth with a vibrant orange head, perched on the photographer's hand
Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Ctenucha virginica) for #mothweek
#insect #macro #nature #photography #bug #insects #wildlife #art #beautiful #closeup #macrophotography #artinnature #upclose #passion_in_macro #cupoty #moth #bugs #animal #entomology #mothweek2025 #mothface #nationalmothweek
Our iNat project for this is now sitting at ~280 species for #MothWeek
Io moth. Yellow moth with some red coloration and large black eyespots
Diastictis moth. Small golden-bronze moth with gold wing margins and small white spots
banded tussock moth. Light brown and mottled moth
Polyphemus moth. Large brownish red moth with eyespots
Regal moth. Large orange, yellow, and gray moth with a fuzzy body.
Imperial moth. Yellow and purple/brown moth with mottled color
Stained Lophosis Moth. Yellow and purplish small moth
Rosy maple moth. Purple and yellow fuzzy moth
Just a small sample of the wild diversity and beauty of the moths we got last night in Bibb County, Alabama at the Cahaba Biodiversity Center. Close to 200 species documented #MothWeek
Bad-winged moths (Dyspteris abortivaria) making more of their bad-winged selves for #MothWeek
24 Jul 2025 Union County, Tennessee USA
A brown moth on the outside of a window with its wings spread wide
A daytime visitor during #mothweek 🦋
a large maple spanworm moth, I think
So this gorgeous Eight-spotted Forester moth (Alypia octomaculata) decided I was worth its time—and honestly, I’m honored. #mothweek
