I found a quite rare moth a few days ago, here’s the observation link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/294886583.
I also love photographing and collecting (photographically, not like collecting the real moths themselves) different species of hawkmoths, because there is a whole lot of them and they all are built almost the same, just different patterns and colours. Here’s a list of the ones I have observed: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=47213&user_id=shreedave&verifiable=any&view=species
And then, of course, there are the biggies, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=47918&user_id=shreedave&verifiable=any&view=species and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=120522&user_id=shreedave&verifiable=any&view=species, my favourite of which is this one:
It was rainy night and I spotted this from the inside my house. I could see its underwings and it was HUGE! I knew i couldn’t miss it, so I went outside in the rain just to get the photograph, and it was completely worth it!
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The Luna Moth is so small (makes it look more cute)! The ones I have here are quite big, like 16cm (6 inch) wingspan.
Indian Moon Moth - Actias selene
Observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/260685998.
It is! I’m helping out at two events this weekend.
Our Cecropia moth has a comparable wingspan 5-7 inches. It is the largest moth in North America.
These ones are awesome! I had 3 - 4 of them on my car-shed. These are my observations of it: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?taxon_id=121840&user_id=shreedave&verifiable=any.
SMALL?? 
Well, speaking of small, moth love extends to the small and non-colorful. I was surprised to find that my observation of Hulstina is the sole observation of the genus in Nevada, even though there are several observations in each of the surrounding states.
The lighting insn’t so good, because this was taken at the outdoor light of a campground restroom, but even so, you can see the fine detail of the black lines, not just on the wings, but on the abdomen as well, and even that many of the black lines are themselves traced by a white line. When I look even more, I even note that the edge of the forewings where they overlap the hindwings look like a brown line, which together with the abdomen forms an arrow pointing toward the head. At the tips of the wings, you can see a white wedge with black edges, which is probably homologous with the eyespots that some other moths have in the same area.
That’s a lot of intricacy for a “plain brown” moth!
Not small compared to other moths. It’s just that I’m used to seeing the big Luna Moths and this one looks very similar, but is just smaller.
This is small compared to other moths. Measuring only about 3cm (1 inch) in length, its the only Research Grade observation in India!
, my week’s bestI think this is the wrong topic. Was this meant for the best photo of the week topic?
“He sees the silent hollow sky
OH MY GOD sorry! wrong topic! 