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thethingything · 2 months

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hi! do you have a favorite kind of bug? if so, what is it?

I have several that I really like so I'm gonna make a list of them! they're not really in any particular order, they're just kind of a group of favourites. I think this is gonna be mostly lepidoptera lol.

1. Sphingidae just in general, but especially Elephant Hawkmoths, Death's Head Hawkmoths, and the Pacific Green Sphinx. the two brown caterpillars we had last year were Elephant Hawkmoths and I still can't believe we actually got to raise some

(image sources: Elephant Hawkmoth, Death's Head Hawkmoth, Pacific Green Sphinx)

2. Lycaenidae are also one where it's just a whole family of lepidoptera we like (a friend mentioned them and we looked them up and were like "oh they're amazing" and they quickly became a favourite). I especially like the subfamily Polyommatinae (the Blues), with some of my favourites being the Friday's Blue, Melissa Blue, Holly Blue, and Western Pygmy-Blue. a lot of them have really interesting interactions with ants, such as relying on them for protection, but I know at least one species (the Large Blue) actually eats ants as a caterpillar

(image sources: Friday's Blue, Melissa Blue, Holly Blue, Western Pygmy-Blue)

3. Hesperiidae, also known as skippers, are another one where I love them just in general but I think the Fiery Skipper is probably one of my favourites. they're just very cute and they kind of remind me of hawkmoths but they're in the superfamily Papilionoidea so they're actually a type of butterfly

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4. the Sargasso Emerald is one of my favourites just because I think it's a cool little dude. look at this funky guy

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5. the Vapourer/Rusty Tussock is another one of the species we raised last year and I didn't know much about them before raising one but they have very distinctive looking caterpillars and the adults are sexually dimorphic to the point of looking like completely different species. the caterpillars are known to eat a huge variety of plants which is really convenient when it comes to raising them. I also love tussock caterpillars in general because they're all so fluffy and funky looking

(image sources: male Vapourer, female Vapourer, caterpillar)

6. I feel like I should include cicadas on the list because I just think they're really cool and I'm fascinated by periodical cicadas especially

(image sources: aberrant Cassin's 17-year Cicada, Common Cicada)

7. given that we're called the Ant System I think I'm contractually obligated to include at least one ant and I want to introduce everyone to the absolute little weirdos that are honeypot ants. some members of the colony store food in their abdomens and then regurgitate that for the other ants when needed. I think they're just fascinating little guys

(image sources: Mexican Honeypot Ants, Myrmecocystus)

8. I almost forgot to include these little guys but carpet beetles are going on the list because I see them a lot and I think they're pretty cute little guys

(image sources: adults, larva)

anyway I feel like this is a good list but I've probably also missed so many species that I absolutely adore and I keep stumbling across new ones that are really cool.

I've also been fixating on aberrant lepidoptera recently which isn't really a favourite kind of insect so much as just me being fascinated by all the ones where the colours or patterns are different to what you'd expect for that species

#ask #🍬 post #thanks for the ask! this was really fun to answer #there really are so many species I absolutely love and I could probably just go on for hours making this longer and longer #I have a soft spot for every species we've raised as well as for pest species and ones that people tend to not like very much #plus the thing mentioned above about aberrants. I love individuals of a species that look really weird and different #long post #insects #butterflies #moths #lycaenidae #hawk-moths #hesperiidae #tussocks #ants #cicadas #trypophobia tw #<- for the wings on the lycaenids

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abrsvh4qi · 1 year

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onenicebugperday · 1 year

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Clearwing tussock moth, Carriola ecnomoda, Lymantriinae

Found in Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by leptonia, 2 by rejoicegassah, 3 by dhfischer, 4 by antoniogiudici, 5 by mark027, 6-8 by ivijayanand, and 9 for scale by soooonchye

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #moth #tussock moth #clearwing tussock moth #Carriola ecnomoda #one nice bug #camouflage

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herpsandbirds · 2 months

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I was letting out my dogs and saw a whitemarked tussock moth larvae lil dude.just eeping its was along the fence. So cute lol.

This is a fun and crazy looking caterpillar, I love it!!

They look venomous, but they are not.

White-marked Tussock Moth (Orgyia leucostigma), adult and larva, family Erebidae, found in the central and eastern US and SE Canada

photographs by Fyn Kynd and cotinis

#tussock moth #moth #orgyia #erebidae #lepidoptera #insect #entomology #animals #nature #north america

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moths-daily · 6 months

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have you done the spotted tussock moth before?

Moth Of The Day #208

Spotted Tussock Moth / Yellow Spotted Tussock Moth / Mottled Tiger

Laphocampa maculata

From the erebidae family. They have a wingspan of 35-45 mm. The y inhabit deciduous forests. They are found across North America.

Image sources: [1] [2]

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rattyexplores · 1 year

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Example of Moth Camouflage

Their patterns are not only mimicking bark, but the lichen that grows on the bark also.

Calliteara pura

06/07/22

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rowan--photography · 3 months

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tussock waves

August 2023

#lovely word tussock #original photographers #photographers on tumblr #lensblr #nature photography #plants #flowers #grass #summer #meadow #aesthetic #forestcore #naturecore

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antiqueanimals · 9 months

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Nature's Marvels. Text by Lucy Berman. Illustrations by Roy Coombs. 1971.

Internet Archive

#mammals #mephitids #skunks #striped skunks #bugs #insects #moths #tussock moths #Roy Coombs

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jupiterswasphouse · 6 months

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[PHOTOS TAKEN: AUGUST 30TH, 2023 | Image IDs: Two photos of a red, brown, and white tussock moth caterpillar on a dirty cracked white metal surface /End IDs.]

#tussock moth #erebidae #moths #caterpillar #caterpillars #lepidoptera #insects #insect #bug #bugs #bugblr #entomology #invertebrates #inverts #arthropods #photos #photo #Wasp House Sights

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lycomorpha · 1 year

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Rosy Tussock Moth, male (Lymantria mathura, Lymantriinae, Erebidae) by itchydogimages Via Flickr: Pu'er, Yunnan, China see comments for additional views...

#insect #macro #China #Yunnan #entomology #Canon #moth #Lepidoptera #black #tussock #Lymantriinae #Lymantriidae #Erebidae #moths #cute bugs #cool bugs

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saturniidaedyke · 7 months

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