Todays moth: Hypopyra carneotincta Found in Botswana and South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique! family Erebidae #moths #mothposting
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Daily moth posting you've seen birds of the day, now it's time for the fuzzy dudes **Credits found within image description!**
Todays moth: Lichen Tigermoth (Teracotona rhodophaea) Found in Africa! Namely Botswana, Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe Family Erebidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Cavorting Emperor (Usta terpsichore) They're found in quite a few African countries! Angola, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe! Fully grown caterpillars can reach 8cm! family Saturniidae #mothposting
Todays moth: Rothschildia Aurota Found in some parts of South America! Wingspan around 15cm! Family Saturniidae #mothposting
Todays moth: Zebra Ermine (Paralacydes vocula) Found in South Africa and Tanzania! family Erebidae #mothposting
Todays moth: Greater Death's Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia lachesis) Found in most parts of Eastern Asia! Wingspan can reach 13cm! Family Sphingidae #mothposting
Todays moth: Grey Swallowtail Moth (Micronia aculeata) Found in Myanmar, India and Sri Lanka! Wingspan ranges 4.2cm - 5cm! Family Uraniidae, subfamily Microniinae #mothposting
Todays moth: Leucanella apollinairei Found in Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia! Family Saturniidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: The Eri Silk Moth (Samia ricini) They're a domestic polyhybrid, created by humans through selective breeding They are completely domesticated and can not be found in the wild Family Saturniidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Hualapai Buckmoth (Hemileuca hualapai) Ranges from Southcentral Arizona and Sonora to Mexico! Wingspan 5cm - 7.7cm! family Saturniidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Autumn Emperor Moth (Perisomena caecigena) Found in South-Eastern Europe! Wingspan 6-9cm! Family Saturniidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Dark Bordered Beauty (Epione vespertaria) Found in Western Europe and within Asia along the palearctic region! Wingspan ranges 2.5cm - 3cm! family Geometridae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Cocksfoot Moth (Glyphipterix simpliciella) Found in Europe, New Zealand and parts of Asia! Wingspan 0.6cm - 0.9cm! Family Glyphipterigidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Niceteria macrocosma Found in Australia! Wingspan around 4cm! family Geometridae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Mottled Purple (Eriocrania sparrmannella) Found in Europe! Wingspan 1cm - 1.3cm! Family Eriocraniidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Red-tailed Specter Moth (Euerythra phasma) Found in the USA! Wingspan between 3.1cm - 4cm! family Erebidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Orange Mint Moth (Pyrausta orphisalis) Found in North America! Wingspan 1.5cm - 1.7cm! family Crambidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Callambulyx amanda Found in SouthEast Asia! From Burma to Singapore! Family Sphingidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Morgan's Sphinx (Xanthopan morganii) Found in Southern and Central Africa! Their tongues can reach 30cm! Family Sphingidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Frosted Phoenix (Titanomis sisyrota) Once thought extinct, these moths are found in New Zealand! "Taxonomists are currently unable to place this moth within an existing family." Wingspan 3cm - 7cm! #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Erasmia pulchella Found throughout Southeast Asia! Wingspan 7cm - 8cm! Family zygaenidae, subfamily chalcosiinae #mothposting
A rather lovely Northern Emerald (Prasinocyma rhodocosma) These moths can be seen around most parts of Australia, the exception being South Australia where these moths have not been recorded. #teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
Not the documented caterpillar for this species but as a Flannel moth it would have a similar 'coat' Please do not touch them, they are venomous. Rashes, nausea and vomiting are some of the possible repercussions!
Todays Moth@todaysmoth.bsky.social · 4w agoTodays moth: Megalopyge perseae Found in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru! Family Megalopygidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Megalopyge perseae Found in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, and Peru! Family Megalopygidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Adetomeris erythrops Found in Chile and Argentina! Family Saturniidae, subfamily Hemileucinae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Citheronia beledonon Found in south western Mexico! Family Saturniidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Turbulent Phosphila Moth (Phosphila turbulenta) Found in North America, mainly eastern USA! Family Noctuidae #moths #mothposting
Todays moth: Clown Face Tiger Moth (Idalus herois) Found in Mexico, Venezuela and Brazil! Family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae #moths #mothposting
A few warmer days over the last week has brought a few more moths into our Perth Hills garden, including this beautiful but undescribed Dinophalus species. This is only our 3rd record of this species over the last 3 years #teammoth #ausinverst #wildoz #Lepidoptera #inaturalist
