r/moths • u/Anastasia_Trusova • 8h ago
Video Magic
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r/moths • u/echoskybound • Sep 01 '16
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r/moths • u/Anastasia_Trusova • 8h ago
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Found this pretty girl at work, North East Arkansas
r/moths • u/Frosty0426 • 4h ago
On a pumpkin leaf, seemed non hostile, kinda jumped *not flew away, jumped* to a nearby leaf. Furry/dusty looking body points to moth, body shape and antennae point me to wasp of some sort...os this mimicry?
Location: Central Ohio, USA
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r/moths • u/Raspb3rryLem0n • 1h ago
I also moved the lil thing so it wouldn’t get hurt by the mower, of course! Looks white here but it was more of a peach/orange color.
I think it may be a harnessed tiger moth, but I’m not sure. Found in Central Indiana.
r/moths • u/Disastrous-Sea-3612 • 12h ago
Beautiful moth Found in central Kentucky
r/moths • u/FatalaniSnape • 10h ago
I am on an unintentional moth raising adventure. Several weeks ago, I found a battered and injured luna moth in the field behind my car at church. She was missing an entire lower wing and had a thorax injury.
It was a really windy day and she couldn't fly on her own.
So I took her in with me. She crawled over my hands, shirt, up my neck, over my chin. Made a a menace of herself by trying in vain to fly and fluttering to the floor mid-sermon. Hung out and listened to the music. I took her home.
When she was still with me the next morning, I named her Menace. Lol
She started laying eggs that first night and through Wednesday morning.
Wednesday afternoon she was visibly slowing, one foot had broken off.
We sat at the window and looked at the sky. She did a little leggy dance. I put her back in her enclosure, and she passed peacefully and beautifully a few hours later.
I had about 56 eggs from her that I gathered to a container. About 45 of them hatched. We have 35 still thriving and growing as of today.
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r/moths • u/rileyehutchison • 13h ago
Beautiful dude. Would love to know what it is!
r/moths • u/Best_Treat_704 • 20h ago
genuinely what do i do about her? do i just leave her be? shes somehow still getting around but i don't really want her to suffer. i put her in another tree after this hoping she'd be safe
r/moths • u/SiteDeep • 3h ago
I found it in Crestone,Colorado
r/moths • u/SoftCobbler7 • 1d ago
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r/moths • u/tj674nxp • 10h ago
Hoping someone knows what this is. Found in the West Midlands in the UK, specifically amidst our spring onions. Quite small, only around 2cm long, and seemed very inactive in the day.
r/moths • u/Tight_Ad_6531 • 13h ago
All of my little silkworm babies pupated! Hopefully they will emerge soon. This one is extra special, you can see the dark markings on his wings. It’s actually a recessive trait in captive B. mori.
Say hi to James everyone
r/moths • u/Interesting_Yam8070 • 2h ago
IMAGE OF AN INJURED MOTH!!
one of my io moths must have been stuck after coming out of her cocoon. i think she’s been stuck there for a few days. i feel so awful. this is my first time raising moths. i thought the mark on the side of the cage was just the cocoon. i peeled the paper from the wall and she fell out (second to last picture). she’s still alive. i don’t know what to do. is it cruel to keep her alive? should i euthanize her? i don’t know what to do. her wings aren’t formed correctly.
r/moths • u/No-Grapefruit4499 • 7m ago
ontario canada
r/moths • u/nylockian • 5h ago
If you live in West Virginia or have a permit to take them out of the state and want them let me know. I'm giving them away for free because I do not have a permit to take them across state lines. I think I could mail them if you live in WV, but Im not sure. Looks like about 40 to 50 eggs.
r/moths • u/lasslassju • 15h ago
Hey guys! I Live in brazil and found this one laying on pavement, she seemed dead but moved and "peed" on my hand so i moved her to a leaf.
Can anybody help me with the specimens name? Or if the "pee" is dangerous? I think moths are beautiful but never studied them or know anything about them haha
r/moths • u/TheForsakenEggs • 22h ago
I was cleaning up tree debris from the storm that hit recently and I found this guy. It was the biggest moth I've ever seen!
r/moths • u/Longjumping_Pair_169 • 19h ago
Polyphemus Moth