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**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · 7h *

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

#Moths never cease to amaze me. Weather seemed promising last night: mild, drizzle forecast, light to moderate wind. Yet, only four in total. A Muslin Moth and Early Grey (both on my feed already).

The other two were first sightings in 2025 for Brimstone Moth and the wonderfully named Chocolate Tip. Chocolate Tips usually hold their wing so it appears tubular, but this one was more open.

A flat moth with wings outstretched on white cloth. It is lemon yellow with a brown triangular patch at each wing edge. It has three horizontal rows of small, faint brown dabs / blotches running across its wings. It has a tiny stigmata on each wing , almost triangular, edged in black with a bright blue centre.

Overhead shot of a 1.5cm arrowhead shaped moth on a finger. It is marl grey-brown with three distinct horizontal white lines running across its wings. Each wing corner has a large patch of chocolate brown, hence its name, Chocolate Tip. It has a chocolate brown head and two feathered antennae.

Side on shot of the same a 1.5cm arrowhead shaped moth on a finger. It is marl grey-brown with three distinct horizontal white lines running across its wings. Each wing corner has a large patch of chocolate brown, hence its name, Chocolate Tip. It has a chocolate brown head and two feathered antennae.

#mothing #MothsMatter #nature

**UnWorld** @pytheas@mastodon.sdf.org · 1d

UnWorld @pytheas@mastodon.sdf.org

I got a new LED blacklight for #mothing and other buggy pursuits. #mothtodon #moth #moths #nature #lepidoptera

an LED blacklight which is in front of a sheet draped over a fence, at no ght.

Galgula partita, “The Wedgling” - a common moth attracted to the blacklight.

**Miranda** @vlindervriendje@mstdn.social · 1d

Miranda @vlindervriendje@mstdn.social

Portrait of a Pyrausta aurata (Mint moth) on Mentha (Mint). This is a diurnal moth with a small wingspan 10-15 mm. This adorable little butterfly friend is my timeline cleanser of the day

On the left the dense flower buds of the mint plant with on the right the Mint moth mainly brown with orange and hairy, holding on to the Mint. The background is blurred.

#TimelineCleanser #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

**IcooIey** @IcooIey@mastodon.green · 5d

IcooIey @IcooIey@mastodon.green

Moth report-Costa Rica

A moth with a grey pattern that likely makes it invisible on a tree trunk but not so much against a white cloth.

A large delta shaped moth with brown patterned wings on a white cloth with several smaller insects nearby.

A small brown moth with irregular shaped but symmetrical wings that look kind of like a leaf. Underside is seen since it’s against glass.

A large delta shaped moth with a fat fuzzy reddish body with yellow markings the wings are an olive green ground color with reddish veins and yellow blotches. A chunk is missing from the left wing.

#insects #moths

**llewelly** @llewelly@sauropods.win · 5d *

5d *

llewelly @llewelly@sauropods.win

my taxonomic hot take for the week:

all butterflies are also moths for the same reason all whales are also mammals.

#butterflies
#moths
#Lepidoptera
#whales
#mammals
#taxonomy

**Harry Rutherford** @HarryRutherford@mefi.social · 6d

Harry Rutherford @HarryRutherford@mefi.social

Not a bad night in the moth trap, starting to move from early spring moths into spring moths proper. Several new for the year, including Frosted Green (not really green), Scorched Carpet (not really a carpet), and this Muslin Moth which lived up to its name by fainting like a Regency debutante.
#moths #TeamMoth #ukmoths #VC17

A soft dark grey moth with rounded wings, a fluffy thorax and plumed antennae. There are a few dark spots on the wings. It is resting on my hand.

The same dark grey moth on my hand but on its back with its fluffy white tummy exposed. Its legs, which are black with orangey fur, are crossed over its body.

**Evan Sky arts** @evansky_arts@mastodon.social · Apr 12 *

Apr 12 *

Evan Sky arts @evansky_arts@mastodon.social

Moths and Beetles magnets are now available!!

https://evanskyarts.com/collections/aimants

They’re a great way to add a touch of colour and cuteness to any space!

I have 5 of each available in total, and you can get them individually or as a set, which gets you a little discount!

Two little felt moths held in my hand, overlooking some gardens. One moth has open wings. It is purple with yellow highlights. The smaller one has closed wings and is toned town yellow, brown and green.

Three felt beetle magnets stuck to a metal fence in a park. One is blue and orange, another is long, thin and green and orange, and the third one is pink and blue.

#handmade #cute #smallbusiness

**Evan Sky arts** @evansky_arts@mastodon.social · Apr 11

Apr 11

Evan Sky arts @evansky_arts@mastodon.social

My handmade bug magnets collection will be released tomorrow (Saturday) at 6pm UTC+1! I will have 5 of each available in total. They will be available alone or as sets!

More informations: https://evanskyarts.com/en/collections/magnets

Two felt moth magnets stuck to a silver pole in front of some greenery.
The top moth is yellowish beige and green with closed wings and the bottom one has open wings and is purple and yellow.

Three beetle magnets stuck to a silver pole in front of a canal.
The top magnet is a one-horned blue beetle with orange highlights. The middle one is longer and thinner with a green back and orange body and horns, and the bottom one has a pink back, blue body and two purplish horns.

#handmade #art #cute

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**Morag Perkins** @moragperkins@mastodon.art · Apr 10 *

Apr 10 *

Morag Perkins @moragperkins@mastodon.art

Emerging from my own cocoon to tell you that this mystery cocoon last year eventually hatched into a rather spectacular looking puss moth.

My Dad just sent me this picture:

Is #mothstodon a thing? It should be a thing. Anyway, #moths #lepidoptera

Photograph of the same cocoon on a garden shed wall that was posted in a photograph upthread months ago. Sitting next to the cocoon is a puss moth that has just emerged from it - it is a very large, almost fluffy looking white moth.

**Anthony** @FlashF1R3@pixelfed.social · Apr 9

Apr 9

Anthony @FlashF1R3@pixelfed.social

Eastern Tent Caterpillar
SooC
#photography #fotografie #photographie #nature #caterpillar #moths #pixelfed #fujifilm #filmlike #pixelfedsocial #wildlifewednesday #wildlife #insects #macro #macrophotography

A close up macro shot of an Eastern Tent Caterpillar crawling on the bark of an Oak tree.

#macrophotography

**IcooIey** @IcooIey@mastodon.green · Apr 6

Apr 6

IcooIey @IcooIey@mastodon.green

Phigalia titea moths, half wing looper males, light and dark morphs.

Two moths are resting on a grey green wooden surface. One moth is darker, while the other is lighter with a patterned texture. In outline, with wings pressed against the surface, they make almost perfect right triangles. While the same species, the patterning on the wings of the lighter moth, below is horizontal while on the darker moth, it starts at the apex and like veins, branches down to the outer edge. The females of this species are flightless and really do have half wings.

#insects #moths

**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · Apr 4 *

Apr 4 *

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

Mild night produced 14 #moths of 5 species. Still the usual quakers and drabs, but had a mint Hebrew Character, and probably my very earliest Bright-line Brown-eye - not the prettiest of moths, but this is particularly early in the year to be seeing them. Another few weeks and numbers/diversity will pick up and species will change.

Overhead shot of a 1cm moth on a finger. It is grey-brown with hints of blue-purple and some gold. It has a diamond shaped furry top to its head. The wings have mirrored stigmata. A narrow black vertical rectangle angling slightly inwards mirror each other in the centre of the moth. Outside of this is what resembles a black block letter L, again mirroring each other left and right. The inner edge of the L is slightly concave, so that it resembles the hebrew letter nun.

Overhead shot of a scrubby looking arrowhead shaped moth. It is plain brown with pentagonal shaped furry head. Main markings are a white line near the bottom running left wing edge to right wing edge, rising to a small peak in the middle. And in the middle of the wings, left and right are mirroring stigmata, a white ovoid shape above a slightly brighter brick-red-brown reniform kidney or eye shape.

#moth #MothsMatter #insects

**Plazi Species** @plazi_species@mastodon.green · Apr 4

**Miranda** @vlindervriendje@mstdn.social · Apr 3

Apr 3

Miranda @vlindervriendje@mstdn.social

Let's cleanse the timeline

Close-up of a brown hairy moth with feather-like antennae on a green leaf.

#TimelineCleanser #naturephotography #macrophotography

**Bob Nicholls Art** @BobNicholls@sauropods.win · Apr 1

Apr 1

Bob Nicholls Art @BobNicholls@sauropods.win

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. "A whisper at twilight" shows an eclipse of moths migrating across the North Sea.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt

**Harry Rutherford** @HarryRutherford@mefi.social · Mar 30

Mar 30

Harry Rutherford @HarryRutherford@mefi.social

I went to Ockham Common today, where this Emperor moth was attracted by my powerful sexual magnetism (i.e. a pheromone-impregnated rubber bung from a specialist lepidopteran supply store).
#TeamMoth #moths #ukmoths

A magnificent moth with striking eye spots on its wings. It has a furry orange body and largely grey wings with pink and orange details. It has feathery antennae. The tips of my fingers are visible, holding the sprig of heather the moth is sitting on.

**Jon Sullivan** @joncounts@mastodon.nz · Mar 30 *

Mar 30 *

Jon Sullivan @joncounts@mastodon.nz

Check out Aotearoa's five-finger looper moth, Xyridacma alectoraria. It's a big, elegant, yellow moth with a fringe of *hot pink*.

This one came into my home moth light in January, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, and I uploaded it to #iNaturalist today.

My best guess for why it looks like this is that the older leaves of its host plant, five-finger, often turn yellow before they fall. I'm not sure why the hot pink works (but it does).

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/267650636

A cropped close-up of the head a yellow moth with a line of hot pink along the front edge of the wing and across the forehead, and orange mouth parts.

A face on photo of a yellow moth with a line of hot pink along the front edge of the wing and across the forehead.

A photo of a yellow moth with a few pale spots on the wings. The front fringe of the wing is lined with a thin strip of hot pink.

#mothodon #moths #nz

**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · Mar 28

Mar 28

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

More Common Quakers (pic 1) and Clouded Drabs (pic 2), but first sighting in 2025 of an Early Thorn, one of the leaf-mimic moths. Not as bright and colourful as some of the thorn moths in the height of summer but nice to see one nonetheless (pics 3 & 4). See how the light affects its colouration. 3 & 4 are the same moth.

A small 1cm narrow arrowhead moth on a finger. It is a chestnut brown with two cream edged stigmata on each wing, one ovoid and one reniform. A cream line which rises to a hump in the middle runs towards the bottom from left wing edge to right.

A side on shot of a 1.4cm moth on the back of a hand. It faces left. It is largely iron grey with hints of chestnut red-brown

A moth that resembles a butterfly with its wings held closed and upright over its abdomen grips the underside of a table. Its overall shape is scalene triangle. Its back wing edge is scalloped. The underside of the wing is showing as it holds them closed and upright. They are a mix of browns and greys with a distinct gold patch near the front.

The same aforementioned moth in straw. Its colour is more distinguishable in the light and appears to have three vertical bands down its wing. The colours blend from grey, olive and brown with a dark brown vertical stripe near the front and a distinct gold patch.

#moths #MothsMatter #nature

**Donald Hobern** @dhobern@scicomm.xyz · Mar 27

Mar 27

Donald Hobern @dhobern@scicomm.xyz

One of the #moths that came to UV light in #VillaDeLeyva, #Colombia last night.

This is Phrygionis platinata (#Lepidoptera, #Geometridae, #Ennominae). This was one of the commoner species that appeared.

Moth resting with its wings spread on a wall. Each wing is crossed by a series of pale bluish-grey bars alternating with white. The inner grey bars of the forewing are edged with silver. Most of the white bars include an orange-yellow line. The hindwings are extended at the apex with an orange-yellow background and two small black spots.

**Christopher Kyba** @skyglowberlin@fediscience.org · Mar 24

Mar 24

Christopher Kyba @skyglowberlin@fediscience.org

New paper shows that moth numbers are reduced in areas with higher levels of #skyglow compared to areas with lower levels of skyglow, regardless of whether one is near streetlights or not: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126068

Graphs from the paper showing abundance and species richness collected at bait traps. Both abundance and species richness are higher at areas with low-medium skyglow, regardless of whether the traps were near streetlights or far away from them.

#LightPollution #Moths #Pollinators

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