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herpsandbirds · 5 hours
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Banded Orange Lichen Moth (Wittasura lineatus), family Erebidae, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
photograph by Marcel Silvius
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evelynterrasmononok · 7 hours
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max-writes-randoms · 10 hours
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𐀔 Daily Moth 𐀔
The moth of the day is...
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Acraga Infusa aka Yellow Furry Legs!
Yellow furry legs moths belong to the family Dalceridae, and the genus Acraga- being 1 of 40 known species that belong to the Acraga genus.
Because of their genus, their scientific name is Acraga Infusa, which means 'Strongly Infused'.
One of the ways they represent their name is that they are densely covered in setae, fine bristles or hairs, that give them both their orange-yellow colour, and fuzzy appearance. These bristles cover them from their head to their abdomen, their wings, and of course their legs.
Their wings are also translucent with maroon venations aka veins/veining.
Yellow furry legs are night-fliers, being active dusk till dawn, however their behaviour isn't commonly documented aside from their resting posture where they stretch their forelimbs out in front of them.
The newly hatched moths feed on leaves of coffee shrubs, as well as eremanthus, ouratea, pouteria and qualea. Adult furry legs feed mostly on nectar.
The main area they inhabit is Costa Rica, though they can also be found in Guatemala, Belize, Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela as well as a few other South American countries.
In these countries, they inhabit rainforests and cloud forests between elevations of 200-1500mm.
𐀔 Thanks for reading 𐀔
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morebagels · 17 hours
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yeah here's the full moth. yippee (also an extra thing below)
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blame fauxbia for this^
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floralcavern · 15 hours
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LITTLE FREND
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his name is Harry
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8pxl · 5 months
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they're girlfriends,,,
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redslug · 2 months
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Hold bb, look at bb, cherish bb
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erisnsn · 2 months
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monstersovka · 4 months
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flowerprintundies · 7 months
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Mothman cometh...
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oracle-fae · 5 months
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textless · 5 months
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A sphinx moth enjoying moonflowers in the garden.
Cochise County, Arizona, September 2023.
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herpsandbirds · 7 months
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Tiger Moth (Areas galactina), family Erebidae, MCM Nature Discovery Villa, Fraser's Hill, Malaysia
photograph by David Fischer
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sosuperawesome · 2 months
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Luna Moths // Ammas Oddments
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crevicedwelling · 7 months
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scene from a wooden handrail in Singapore:
a psychid moth caterpillar trundles along in its mobile home stitched together from debris and silk. it’s stopped by a Hospitalitermes nasute-caste termite who pauses its patrol to investigate the strange fuzzy cone. after the soldier finds no threat, the little bagworm resumes its wandering
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