Hi guys! I love moths. A lot. First time using this forum wow! I need more people to talk to people about them… Let me know if you love moths! I really like them and I need to talk about this guy specifically!
This is the Brighton Wainscot! I personally really like them… Their wings really looks like a cape! Quite a cutie too! (Click on the image for the original post!)
One of my favorites is Hyalurga vinosa. I was sure that sometime in my childhood or youth that I seen a picture of it in one of my nature books, with a caption calling it a “harlequin moth.” On that basis, I added that as a common name on iNaturalist. But last year, when I had a chance to check the two books I thought it might be, it wasn’t in either of them. Where did I see it pictured, and where did I get that name? It’s a mystery; but even so many years after seeing (or thinking I saw) that picture, I recognized the real moth the first time I came across one.
This is a day-flying moth, as you’d expect from its bright colors.
There has to be a better name than “mother” or “leper” though.
I have to many favorite moths, but the Giant Leopard Moth is close to the top.
Moth-ers, Lep-ers, and Herpers (which most people read as Herpes) . . .
So we have mother-you-know-whats, lepers, and Herpes . . .
It reminds me of the famous line from the film Snakes on a Plane (2006) https://youtu.be/amYzBQMT4VI?si=F51EjZ_wueeApl7d
This forum was very necessary. Can’t wait to engage! :D
I love moths and that thing looks soft
I’ve been raising cecropias for a few years. All began when a family friend gave me some cocoons, and only one survived and she couldn’t fly because a big storm made her wings wet. I got a couple more cocoons from the family friend, they mated, and I’ve been breeding them ever since!
Talking about mother love forum, I just saw a cool Reddit post about a bird called Cinereous Mourner Laniocera hypopyrra (an Amazonian tityrid).
Its nestlings mimic the appearance and behaviour of Flannel Moth caterpillars. Very cool!
I could share the post, but I’m a bit worried that Cassi and Tony would frown upon that somehow.
YAY! A moth forum :D
Also, while everyone is talking about the adult moths, what about a few adorable caterpillars?
May be overrated, but I personally love the Rosy Maple Moth! It’s a cutie, I think it personally deserves it’s love!
Quite a cutie! I’m loving its colors! :-)
AWWW its so big!!! looked at the grown photo, it grows to such a lovely color!
Hi everyone! I made a project to love all moths as a group! I’d like to bring attention to different kinds of moths, hope you can join!!
