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1. Evenus gabriela

2. Evenus sumptuosa

Family: Lycaenidae

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Moth stickers 🦋✨💕

You can find them here!

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automeris frankae

location: mexico

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automeris styx

location: south america

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Swallowtail Caterpillars

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European Butterflies and Moths (1882) William Forsell Kirby

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Eudaemonia argus (Pink silk)

photo: Pamsai

Native to Sub-Saharan Africa, Eudaemonia argus, sometimes called the pink silk moth, of the Saturniidae family is a large moth with elongated hindwing tails. Long tails such as these are thought to be a defense mechanism against predators, like bats. They deflect sonar away from their body and towards the tail ends. Moths can survive after losing these ends, though it has been observed that their flight speed can be affected.

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Lepidoptera illustrations taken from ‘Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle’ by Charles Dessalines d'Orbigny.

Published 1849.

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1953785

Wikimedia.

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Oops just bought this

Available here

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Beauty will save the world - Jewel Caterpillar

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Glaucopsyche xerces (Xerces Blue)

photo: Larry Orsak

Once inhabiting San Francisco, the extinct Xerces blue butterfly was last observed in 1941. Its small periwinkle wings once included many pattern variations across the species. Due to habitat loss, the Xerces blue is noted as one of the first North American butterflies to go extinct by human activity. In 1971, The Xerces Society was founded as an invertebrate conservation effort in light of this loss.

#xerces blue

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Artist: unknown

#these are butterflies #but the original link has moths haha

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getting out of bed is hard

Rhodinia fugax (Saturniidae)

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@cybercrumbz​ submitted: Found this napping wormie inside our ornamental cabbage. Who are they?

You will be shocked to find out they are…cabbage whites! Their caterpillars, as you may have guessed, love to eat cabbage. :)

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Cyana sp., Lithosiini, Arctiinae, Erebidae

This striking group of moths is known by several names including the generalized Tiger moths, Lichen moths and, appropriately, Red-striped moths. Caterpillars are generally very hairy and feed on moss and lichen (hence the name) and these long hairs (setae) are incorporated in the cocoon at pupation. In some species, this takes the form of a woven basket surrounding the pupa (pictured).

Pu'er, Yunnan, China

Pictured are some representatives of the local Yunnan Cyana genus and a pupal cocoon. Click the images to see identifications……

See more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE.

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marbled emperor moth heniocha dyops by charles sharp