Me too!
Wow! A lot of BEAUTIES!!!
“Complex” looks a lot like Lacinipolia renergia. Only NA, though. There must be a similar European one!
@jasonhernandez74 It’s a Noctuid moth. Possibly Tribe Noctuinae. If I knew the moths of that area I could make a decent guess!
Interesting! At least they are both in Hadeninae.
Not to diverge from the topic, if someone wants to show the most intricate noctuid, I have a list to choose your pokemon:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/774840-Staurophora-celsia
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/470449-Moma-alpium
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343158-Griposia-aprilina
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/483575-Cucullia-argentea
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/483524-Periphanes-delphinii
Most could fit the green one too!
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This species may not be ‘complex’ visually, but is very ‘Hard’ to identify. Moth Photographers Group – Euxoa ochrogaster – 10801 (msstate.edu)
Perhaps a different category?
(Almost) Impossible to ID?
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You mean the entire genus, right?
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Most of it, yes!
Formatting perfect - HOW did you do it?
Here are mine:
Bird poo: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92001641
Gets WiFi: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64040995
Large Friend: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124456570
Beatiful Pattern Probably: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110081753
Impossible to ID: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/125368748
The one with the thing: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92022711
Stuffed Toy: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88193515
Dizzyingly Complex: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92065522
Ooh Green: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118843476
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Large Friend, Sesia apiformis! Looks kinda small because the leaf is big… it’s actually about the size of a hornet
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- Bird poop
Rustic Sphinx Manduca rustica
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48749476
- Large friend AND gets wifi
Ceanothus Silk Moth Hyalophora euryalus
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38780563
*Beautiful pattern- probably
Dwarf Tawny Wave Cyclophora nanaria
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67121056
*Stuffed toy
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97618995
or
Western Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/92750902
*ooh…green
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This checklist will be a good one for me to keep in mind when looking for moths – to fill in the categories i don’t have yet.
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Wow. Real stunners there. If I could choose my Pokemon from those, I could only think of the “Gotta get 'em all” tagline.
The ironic thing about these moths is that the patterns are designed for them NOT to be seen. But as soon as you separate them from their target background, you realize what an amazing beauty there is in natural textures.
And more than anything, it’s their symmetry that gives the moths away.
There’s a parable for understanding life there, I’m sure. Just not sure what.
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I’ve always wondered why moths haven’t gotten away from bilateral symmetry in terns of camouflage. Or maybe I just don’t know of any asymmetrical moths?
I think that’s a whole other level of coding. That’s the bio equivalent of hacking into the computer BIOS level, at least.
How many organisms have pulled that off?
Yes, and it’s so cool how well those bright colours work as camouflage!