Murray - PaperpostsEnjoying the sudden butterfly activity in the garden, especially the tiny moths
TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨🦋🌊 We often look up and see empty space but high above our heads trillions of #insects are on the move.
#migration #science #nature #butterflies #moths #astronomy #biology #ecology #wildlife #interactive
Butterflies crossing oceans, moths navigating by the stars: unravelling the mysteries of insect migrations
Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movements
Gavin Volure’s Peanut Butter
hastingsmothmanHere is a ready for take-off video of a second Blossom Underwing. You can just about make out the pink underwing.
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Still very early in the season. Chilly nights = few species/numbers currently.
However, today's #MothOfTheDay is another new species for my garden.
BLOSSOM UNDERWING
Orthosia miniosa
Larvae feed on oak. Pinkish hue to underwing (see next take off video)
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #cute #garden #spring #March #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
D C FitzgeraldEarly Thorn moth (Selenia dentaria)...resting with its wings folded vertically over its back—like a butterfly...host plants include Hawthorn, Birch and Alder. #moths #insects #nature #photo #wildlife #biology
Today's #MothOfTheDay is a new species for my garden. Not rare; just never had one before. Alas, I couldn't get a side shot to show it's ridged, bark-like appearance as it was too skittish and flew promptly. But here is:
TAWNY PINION
Lithophane semibrunnea
Hibernates over winter and reappears March/April.
#moths #moth #mothsandbutterflies #butterflies #MothsMatter #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #garden #spring #March #conservation #biodiversity #alttext
Resolviendo la incógnita 🌐La polilla Eudocima phalonia clava su probóscide en la fruta y absorbe su jugo. 📷Shaveen Madushka #insectos #insects #Lepidoptera #polillas #moths
Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ)My focus on Tiger Moths continues.
#art #sciart #moths #wip #drawing #pencilart #artist #natureart
Jon SullivanHere's another elegant NZ moth for you. This one's called the Alpine Treasure Owlet (*Ichneutica maya*).
It's mostly seen up in the mountains in the South Island but also in the mountains of the lower North Island. I saw this one up at Boyle Village in the North Canterbury Southern Alps.
As is the case with many NZ moths, the "life history in the wild of this species is unknown, nor has its larval host species been confirmed" (quoting its Wikipedia page, which is referencing Robert Hoare's 2019 Fauna Series revision of the genus). We've got 144 observations of it so far on #iNaturalist.
https://www.inaturalist.nz/observations/342867458
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mollivan_jon/55146832010
#mothodon #Lepidoptera #moths #Noctuidae #Ichneutica #nz #entomology
