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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (by Dr Dean Lomax & published by Columbia University Press) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. "A whisper at twilight" shows an eclipse of moths migrating across the North Sea.
Not a great moth night, I don’t think they appreciated the cold wind. It was mainly a load of Common Quakers so I guess I should just be grateful the trap wasn’t raided by the Metropolitan Police.
#TeamMoth #moths #VC17 #littlebitofsatirethere
Check out Aotearoa's five-finger looper moth, Xyridacma alectoraria. It's a big, elegant, yellow moth with a fringe of *hot pink*.
This one came into my home moth light in January, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, and I uploaded it to #iNaturalist today.
My best guess for why it looks like this is that the older leaves of its host plant, five-finger, often turn yellow before they fall. I'm not sure why the hot pink works (but it does).
More Common Quakers (pic 1) and Clouded Drabs (pic 2), but first sighting in 2025 of an Early Thorn, one of the leaf-mimic moths. Not as bright and colourful as some of the thorn moths in the height of summer but nice to see one nonetheless (pics 3 & 4). See how the light affects its colouration. 3 & 4 are the same moth.
One of the #moths that came to UV light in #VillaDeLeyva, #Colombia last night.
This is Phrygionis platinata (#Lepidoptera, #Geometridae, #Ennominae). This was one of the commoner species that appeared.
New paper shows that moth numbers are reduced in areas with higher levels of #skyglow compared to areas with lower levels of skyglow, regardless of whether one is near streetlights or not: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126068
I made friends with a Mournful Sphinx Moth, also called the Hawk Moth, today on my front porch. Look at those aerodynamic wings, the dead leaf camouflage! So cool!
Moths are symbolic of mystery and the veil between the worlds.
If this is a precursor to Cernunnos paying my front door a visit, though, I am going to be booking it out the back door like the big chicken I am!
A Metalmark Moth, Saptha beryllitis, spotted at Springleaf Nature Park, Singapore on 14 Dec 2024. With a flash and the correct angle, you can get brilliant metallic colours reflecting from its body and wings.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255061533].
Pretty good moths last night. One new species, Small Brindled Beauty. One which is probably new but might need dissecting to be certain — I think it's either Caloptilia elongella or C. betulicola, either of which would be new for the garden. And I've thrown in a pic of a Dotted Chestnut bc it's pretty.
#moths #TeamMoth #VC17 #ukmoths
Out shooting with my vintage #nikonf and crossed paths with this lovely #Polyphemusmoth who posed for a portrait before flying away. #filmphotography #35mm #moths #wildlifephotography #mothsofpixelfed
Milder night last night so chanced the #moth box. Still early in the year so very few species / numbers yet (roll on May/June). More Common Quakers (x4) & Early Grey (x1). Also first sighting in 2025 of Oak Beauty and Small Quaker. Moths on my finger today are...
1) Oak Beauty (top left)
2) Small Quaker (top right)
3) Common Quaker (BL)
4) Early Grey (BR)
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Some of the #moths in these shots:
Gastrinodes bitaeniaria (#Geometridae in frames 2-4)
Scopula rubraria (smaller Geometridae in 2)
Idaea philocosma (smaller Geometridae in 3)
Leucania diatrecta (#Noctuidae at top of 2)
Proteuxoa sp. (probably paragypsa) (Noctuidae at top left of 4)
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/418322-Gastrinodes-bitaeniaria
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/244344-Scopula-rubraria
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/342329-Idaea-philocosma
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/447199-Proteuxoa-paragypsa
https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/471505-Leucania-diatrecta
iNaturalist AustraliaBuff Bark Moth (Gastrinodes bitaeniaria)Gastrinodes bitaeniaria is a moth of the Geometridae family. It is found in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. (Source: Wikipedia, '', http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastrinodes_bitaeniaria, CC BY-SA 3.0 . Photo: (c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY))
"In 2024 a #butterfly emergency was called because of record low numbers, while experts have also warned of a worrying drop in #moths and #bees
France banned all pesticide use in towns and cities almost a decade ago, while countries across the EU have stopped #pesticides being used in urban areas. This year the UK government finally banned the emergency use of bee-killing pesticides. Now they must go further and ban pesticides in our local areas, to protect pollinators"
action.greenpeace.org.ukACTION: Sign the petition and tell the UK government to protect our pollinators.The UK’s pollinator numbers are dropping heavily - we need the UK government to step in and protect them.
An interesting moth with patterns that resemble a spider from certain angles.
"[Gil Wizen] It is only when the moth is at rest and viewed at a specific angle that an image is revealed. I didn’t really think much of this moth when I saw it, and took only a couple of photos, but when I finally got to edit them at home I gasped. “Is that… a SPIDER?"
Gil Wizen · Little Transformers: Eusceptis effusa, spider mimicry with a twist - Gil WizenEusceptis effusa is more than meets the eye: the small noctuid moth has an optical illusion up its sleeve as an anti-predator defense!
MSP airport is testing fire alarms where I'm waiting. Super-bright strobes have been flashing once per second for 5 minutes. I cannot stop myself from looking straight at them even though it leaves spots in my vision. I guess I should stop mocking moths bouncing into porch lights at night. #moths