Showing posts with label Moth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Moth. Show all posts
Thursday, October 30, 2014

An Autumnal Atteva aurea

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Often mistaken for a beetle, an Ailanthus Webworm Moth nectaring at a Bull Thistle provides a little splash of color among the surrounding d...
Wednesday, July 23, 2014

A Melange of Moths

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Conspicuous, colorful and often beautifully patterned, the butterflies tend to monopolize the Lepidopteran spotlight. Although many moths ar...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

Maple Callus Borer Moth

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Found throughout eastern Canada and the US, Synanthedon acerni has a rather curious color scheme. The moth's shape and size, the pattern...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Promethea Silkmoth (Callosamia promethea)

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The Promethea Moth is common in most of its range, which includes south-central Hastings County in Ontario. Yet despite their large size and...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

Bluish Spring Moth (Lomographa semiclarata)

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As its name implies the color and patterning of the Bluish Spring Moth's wings do impart a bluish tint to them, making it resemble an un...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Psychedelic Cecropia Moth Caterpillar

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Maybe this is the Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar that Alice was talking to on her journey to Wonderland? In terms of both wingspan and sheer bul...
Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Luna Moth

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With a wingspan of about 11 centimeters, Actias luna is not the largest of the Saturniid or Giant Silk Moths, but in my opinion it is defini...
Friday, May 10, 2013

An Abbott's Sphinx, a Grapevine Epimenis and a Luna Moth

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You know it's going to be a good day when there's a cool moth you've never seen before hanging out on the wall outside your door...