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Luxomancer

The #Mothening continues! For this the 6th day of #NationalMothWeek, I present a double feature of two of my favorite moths for utter fabulosity, The Rosy Maple#Moth, #dryocampa rubicunda, and the #IO moth, #Automeris io. Both just stunningly gorgeous.

A photo of the top of the Rosy Maple moth, a small triangular moth with a bright yellow head covered in fur-like scales, bright pink legs, and wings patterned in yellow and pale pink.
A photo of the head and front area of the Rosy Maple Moth, showcasing the bright pink legs, fuzzy yellow head, yellow antennae, and pink forewings.
A photo of the top of a male IO Moth. The head and body of the IO Moth is covered in yellow fur-like scales, this male has long feathery antennae used to help find the pheromones produced by females. The forewings are a rich yellowish orange marked with dark spots on the top, and a scalloped dark line bisecting the lower half of the wing. The hind-wings are marked with a brilliant dark eye-spot, bordered with rings of bright yellow, orange, yellow, and a tiny final fringe of orange.
A detail photo of the IO Moth’s eyespot, showing an iridescent center portion ringed with dark black scales and the surrounding yellow and orange rings. The eye spot helps deter predation.
#mothstodon
Coprolite9000

@Luxomancer
Colour scheme on the first one reminds me of the Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) I found chilling out on some low vegetation by a footpath (Derbyshire, UK) when walking the dog ~20 years ago. It very obligingly let me carry it the short distance home so I could take photos.

(I released it into the depths of an overgrown garden immediately afterwards...)

Gorgeous creatures, the lot of them!

A very large, elegant hawk moth in a striking pink and mustard brown colour scheme, sat on the fingers of an upturned hand.
#moths#insects#mothstodon
Jul 28, 2023, 11:34 PM·Public·Web
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Coprolite9000

@Luxomancer
Best thing was that I had no idea such colourful moths existed - or that they were native to the British Isles!

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