I realised a week or so ago that many people may not know what I’m talking about when I describe moth characteristics. A person who largely identifies birds, say, may not know what a reniform spot is on a moth. I made up this little visual guide to the most frequently used moth characteristics. It d…

apart from the typo on antemedial line… a good summation of characters :)

Looks very useful! Thanks for the upload - will hopefully help me when I try to identify moths ;).

Very nice! Perhaps you could upload that picture into an iNat journal post (with or without accompanying text), so people could refer to it there as well. (E.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/seeds-and-fruits/journal/26719-is-the-bur-of-a-cocklebur-really-a-fruit )

I did post it in my journal - https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/mamestraconfigurata . Although it does not look like your example. Any advice on how to make more of an impact on the journal? Thought it would also benefit being added here.

Fixed it - I believe. Between Windows Paint and basic text, it took me this long!

I think your journal post looks great. :D

Thank you! I just want it to be used!

I just realised why the link was somewhat incorrect - here it is again. https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/mamestraconfigurata/28714-moth-wing-features

Ahem newbie here. Is there a way to bookmark the journal entry somehow - apart from bookmarking this post of course… Thanks! Ps- amazing job. I’ll check if your journal also includes tips for IDs ;)

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Ooops, missed that! I will try to correct it.

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