This week's moth, Lithophane lamda, AKA "The Nonconformist" is also my 40th BIRTHDAY MOTH, and I tried to do it as some easter eggs for my niece! (paint was tricky on wet humid eggs in the tropics!)
#nonconformist #moth #teamMoth #mothweek2026 #mothweekart26 #mothweek #SciArt #YearOfTheMoth
Nonconformist moth with dark grey, light brown scales and white powdery higlights looking at you with dark compound eyes upon deep fern green backdrop speckled with light grey dust microbubbles.
Since February, took up the #SciArt challenge! In conjunction with #YearOfTheMoth
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Here's the 10th moth. Meet the Nonconformist! Lithophane lamda ๐ #nonconformist #moth #teamMoth #mothweek2026 #mothweekart26 #mothweek mothing with
@dinalab.bsky.social @amnh.org
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. ๐ #playful #moth #teamMoth #mothweek2026 #mothweekart26 #mothweek mothing with
@dinalab.bsky.social @amnh.org