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Tag: moths
Moth (Arctia villica)
Trancoso/Portugal (16/06/2018)
[Nikon D500; AF 105mm Micro-Nikkor F2,8 with Flash Metz 48 AF-1]
Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe)
July 16, 2018
Southeastern Pennsylvania
I’ve been waiting for these to show up. All their favorite flowers were blooming. I figured I’d see them soon.
Saw this gorgeous satin moth at work and I love her even though this is an invasive species and the caterpillar/larval form are ridiculously destructive of local trees. She’s just. So fluffy. 😭
Rare Blue Moth Discovered 130 Years After It Went ‘Extinct’
For 130 years, the only known specimen of the Oriental blue clearwing
moth was the one caught in 1887 and preserved behind glass in a natural
history museum in Vienna, Austria. It was considered a lost species,
until a PhD student hiking in Malaysia earlier this year made a stunning discovery…
Hummingbird Clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe)
July 17, 2017
Southeastern Pennsylvania
Way up in a butterfly bush, hovering and flitting and barely pausing.
Snowberry Clearwing moth (Hemaris diffinis) on phlox
July 20, 2017
Southeastern Pennsylvania
I’ve been looking for butterflies and finding clearwings. I’ll take that trade.
Bella moth (Utetheisa ornatrix), West Palm Beach, FL, USA
photograph by Bob Peterson | Flickr
Lymantrine Moth (Arctornis sp., Lymantriinae, Erebidae)
by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu’er, Yunnan, ChinaSee more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE…..
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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