Krzysztof Dmowski @xaphanpl

**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · 1d *

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

Just the six #moth visitors last night, but four of them were first sightings in 2025.

1) Angle Shades (top left)
2) Knot Grass (top right)
3) Shuttle shaped dart - female (bottom left)
4) Twenty-plume moth (bottom right)

Overhead shot of a 2.5cm arrow-head shaped moth. Resembles a piece of light coloured wood grain with some veneer inlay on the wings. The base colour of the moth is buff. Halfway down the wing there are symmetrical V shapes, on their sides, with the sharp ends pointing inwards towards each other and almost touching in the centre. Each V is made up of three russian doll style Vs with the outer V being olive green, inside which there is a smaller pink-grey V, inside which again there is a very small dark brown V. Down to the bottom edge of the moth, the bottom wing edge is deeply concave, scalloped and has a dark brown tinge as if it has been slightly burned like a piece of paper, or someone has taken a bite out of a sandwich.

Overhead shot of a 2cm moth on a finger. It is basically 50 shades of grey! It is heavily patterned greyscale but with no distinct shapes to the pattern. It resembles a carpet of heavily mixed grey fibres ranging from almost black to almost white. The only discernible shapes are two light grey stigmata, one of each wing, with a small back circle inside which resemble owl eyes. And the bottom wing edge has a black and mid-grey chequered fringe.

Overhead shot of a 1cm moth on a finger. It it a very thin rectangle shape. It has a diamond shape buff coloured head. The rest of the moth is dark brown almost black, like a bark chipping colour, with two buff coloured stigmata. These are a weaver's shuttle-shape ... or very, very narrow oval with pointed ends

Overhead shot of a very small 0.5cm moth on a white cloth. It looks extremely delicate. It is fan shaped. Imagine its head as the handle and its wings are the fan. The wings are made up of what appear to be 20 spines, splaying out from the head all joined by thin, translucent webbing or thin material. There are bands of alternating light and dark brown that run across the wings. Its head is tiny, with two pinhead eyes either side and two palps (lips) that protrude in front.

#moths #MothsMatter #lepidoptera

**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · 3d *

3d *

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

#Moths never cease to amaze me. Weather seemed promising last night: mild, drizzle forecast, light to moderate wind. Yet, only four in total. A Muslin Moth and Early Grey (both on my feed already).

The other two were first sightings in 2025 for Brimstone Moth and the wonderfully named Chocolate Tip. Chocolate Tips usually hold their wing so it appears tubular, but this one was more open.

A flat moth with wings outstretched on white cloth. It is lemon yellow with a brown triangular patch at each wing edge. It has three horizontal rows of small, faint brown dabs / blotches running across its wings. It has a tiny stigmata on each wing , almost triangular, edged in black with a bright blue centre.

Overhead shot of a 1.5cm arrowhead shaped moth on a finger. It is marl grey-brown with three distinct horizontal white lines running across its wings. Each wing corner has a large patch of chocolate brown, hence its name, Chocolate Tip. It has a chocolate brown head and two feathered antennae.

Side on shot of the same a 1.5cm arrowhead shaped moth on a finger. It is marl grey-brown with three distinct horizontal white lines running across its wings. Each wing corner has a large patch of chocolate brown, hence its name, Chocolate Tip. It has a chocolate brown head and two feathered antennae.

#mothing #MothsMatter #nature

**sohkamyung** @sohkamyung@photog.social · 5d

sohkamyung @sohkamyung@photog.social

A Moore's Ace (Halpe porus) spotted on the Wallace Trail at Dairy Farm Nature Park, Singapore on 21 Dec 2024. I rare butterfly, this one choose to settle on the hat of a birder. Poor chap had to stay still while we took photos of it.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255752277 ].

A skipper butterfly feeding from a hat. It is brown with a white band running across the wing. The edges of the wings have a series or darker brown stripes.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography

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**Duchess of Umbrage** @iBlame@kolektiva.social · 6d *

6d *

Duchess of Umbrage @iBlame@kolektiva.social

@duchess_of_umbrage UPDATE THE THIRD six hours later, the former worm now identifies as a classic gold-flecked monarch chrysalis . #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

Outdoors, late afternoon. Extreme closeup of the chrysalis in its iconic green-with-gold-spots form.

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**Duchess of Umbrage** @iBlame@kolektiva.social · 6d

Duchess of Umbrage @iBlame@kolektiva.social

UPDATE the butt-glue held! It is now in the process of churning all its guts around into a handsome butterfly shape. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

Outdoors, sunny late morning. Monarch has just (like 90 seconds ago) shed its caterpillar skin and is now a pale green blob dangling by its butt from my rusty gate.

**Duchess of Umbrage** @iBlame@kolektiva.social · Apr 15

Apr 15

Duchess of Umbrage @iBlame@kolektiva.social

This debonair monarch is fixin’ to chrysalisize on my rusty gate! I hope that butt-glue is strong, because it’s pretty windy out. #Butterflies #Lepidoptera

Outdoors, late afternoon. A yellow and black striped monarch caterpillar has affixed its butt to the underside of my rusty steel gate rail and is hanging upside down in a comma shape, ready to commence the whole metamorphosis thing

**Gaël Covain** @gcovain@pixelfed.fr · Apr 14

Apr 14

Gaël Covain @gcovain@pixelfed.fr

Chenille du Paon-du-jour (Aglais io) sur une Grande Ortie (Urtica dioica), sa principale plante hôte.

Citadelle de Lille, août 2022

#aglaisio #aglais #nymphalidae #lepidoptera #lépidoptères #citadelledelille #boisdeboulognelille #hautsdefrance #insectedefrance #insectesdefrance #insecte #insectes #nature

#nature

**Gaël Covain** @gcovain@pixelfed.fr · Apr 7

Apr 7

Gaël Covain @gcovain@pixelfed.fr

Écaille Chinée (Euplagia quadripunctaria), sur Eupatoire à Feuilles de Chanvre / Eupatoire Chanvrine (Eupatorium cannabinum)

Citadelle de Lille, août 2022

#euplagiaquadripunctaria #écaillechinée #euplagia #erebidae #lepidoptera #lépidoptères #citadelledelille #boisdeboulognelille #hautsdefrance #insectedefrance #insectesdefrance #insecte #insectes #nature

#nature

**Nico V** @icetroll@mastodon.xyz · Apr 6

Apr 6

Nico V @icetroll@mastodon.xyz

Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2qW7Qnb

Not the rarest by any means but it stayed still long enough

#Lepidoptera #Nymphalidae #Satyrinae

**Cyanocitta** @Cyanocitta@sfba.social · Apr 4

Apr 4

Cyanocitta @Cyanocitta@sfba.social

As the sun sets on this Thursday, I took a flashlight lit photograph of a Pipevine Swallowtail beginning to emerge.

A Pipevine Swallowtail is emerging from its chrysalis, which is tan and brown colored. The head and three legs of the butterfly are just seen at the top of the shell that is split open like the back of a large cargo plane.

#lepidoptera #butterflies

**Ryan Hodnett** @ryanhodnett@mastodon.world · Apr 3

Apr 3

Ryan Hodnett @ryanhodnett@mastodon.world

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

A photo of an orange butterfly viewed from the side with their wings up.

A photo of an orange butterfly on a leaf with their wings open.

#SpeckledWood #ParargeAegeria #Lepidoptera

**Albert Cardona** @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz · Apr 1

Apr 1

Albert Cardona @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz

European peacock butterfly, Aglais io, filling all 12 megapixels of my pocket camera. Let me get real close.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268092179

iNaturalistEuropean Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)European Peacock Butterfly from Pembroke College, Cambridge, Anglaterra, GB on April 1, 2025 at 12:14 PM by Albert Cardona

#iNaturalist #Lepidoptera #butterflies

**Francisco Litardo** @Onthewaymedia@pixelfed.social · Mar 25

Mar 25

Francisco Litardo @Onthewaymedia@pixelfed.social

A Clipper (parthenos sylvia) butterfly on an Orange Zinnia flower.

#photography #nature #butterfly #clipperbutterfly #orangezinnia #flowers #naturephotography #insect #lepidoptera

#lepidoptera

**sohkamyung** @sohkamyung@photog.social · Mar 23

Mar 23

sohkamyung @sohkamyung@photog.social

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].

A moth resting on a leaf. Its body and top half of the wings are green, and teh lower half of the wings are brown. Brilliant metallic colours reflect from the wings and body under the light from a flash.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography

**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · Mar 23 *

Mar 23 *

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

Light rain and cloud meant a few more moths (and a bumble bee!) came out to play at 'Chez Mothman' last night.

Still no real species diversity yet, but, compared to last year, #moth numbers seem encouraging. May/June/July will tell for sure.

First sighting in 2025 of the very unfairly named CLOUDED DRAB. Yes, like me, he's plain and unexciting, but undeserving of such an unflattering moniker.

Overhead shot of 1.5 centimetre narrow arrowhead shaped moth on a finger. It is a largely dull grey colour with hints of red, and specked with white. There is a wavy pale line running left to right a few millimetres from the bottom wing edge. Its head has a diamond shape mass of fine iron grey hair.

Side on shot of 1.5 centimetre moth on a finger. It faces right. It is a dull iron grey with hints of red and with clear flecks of white. Side on you can make out the start of its chunky abdomen underneath its grey furry head with small black eyes. Its thin legs grip the finger. The background is blurred foliage.

#MothsMatter #conservation #nature

**sohkamyung** @sohkamyung@photog.social · Mar 20

Mar 20

sohkamyung @sohkamyung@photog.social

A Pointed Ciliate Blue (Anthene lycaenina) spotted at Springleaf Park Connector, Singapore on 14 Dec 2024. A moderately rare butterfly, and I usually have to check the field guide to identify the butterflies in this family (the Blues).

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255061501 ].

A small butterfly with a blueish body and brown wings. The forewing is slightly pointed at the time. A series of white bands line the edge of the wings, with one white mark in the middle of the hindwing.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography

**hastingsmothman** @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green · Mar 20 *

Mar 20 *

hastingsmothman @hastingsmothman@mastodon.green

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)

A medium-sized 3cm triangular moth perched on a finger. Three distinct horizontal bands of chestnut, white and chestnut again separated by jagged black lines. It has a furry head and a creamy yellow furry abdomen. It has large feathered antennae which it is curling underneath itself. It looks very freshly emerged.

A small 1cm rather plain, peppery light brown moth on a finger. It has a sandy brown furry head and two faint stigmata on each wing, one orbital, one reniform.

A 1.5cm narrow arrow-head shaped moth on a finger. It is a sandy, gingery-brown colour. It looks freshly emerged. It has a diamond shaped furry head. Its wings are gingery brown with two stigmata on each wing, one orbital, one reniform. Near the bottom of each wing is a horizontal, thin wavy line of brown which separates the ginger brown wing above with a lighter brown segment below it. Thus, resembling a hem or a fringe. The hem is also peppered with a row of faint black dots running uniformly from wing edge to wing edge.

A small 1.5cam narrow arrow-head shaped moth on a finger tip. It is much like the Common Quaker before in shape and size but is silvery-grey flecked with flashes of black. Two grey stigmata on each wing, one orbital and one reniform. It has two thin pipe-cleaner like antennae which stretch out horizontally either side of its head.

#moths #MothsMatter #MothsAndButterflies

**Ashes and Dust** @friesen5000@mstdn.ca · Mar 18

Mar 18

Ashes and Dust @friesen5000@mstdn.ca

For #MothMonday I present Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis). I have soft spot for Sphinx (aka Hawk) Moths - their pollination relationship with flowers is pretty cool. Ok I may be biased given it was the subject of my masters thesis, but still.
#moth #insect #lepidoptera #manitoba #sphingidae

A fair sized moth alternating black and grey bands across its wings and body, with a pale yellow band part way down and a tuft of brown "hair" immediately behind its head.

**Nico V** @icetroll@mastodon.xyz · Mar 11

Mar 11

Nico V @icetroll@mastodon.xyz

Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Snapped back in Sept. 2023, Bois de Vincennes, Paris, France

Published under #CC0 here https://flic.kr/p/2ppn7XJ

#Lepidoptera #Macro #Pentax #nature
#photography #insect #wildlife #mywork #Butterfly

Photo of a medium-sized butterfly with dark-brown wings adorned with light spots.

**sohkamyung** @sohkamyung@photog.social · Mar 11

Mar 11

sohkamyung @sohkamyung@photog.social

A Common Bluebottle (Graphium sarpedon) spotted at Ulu Sembawang Park Connector, Singapore on 24 Nov 2024. A fast flyer, it is usually on the move, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get close shots of this resting individual.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/254289622 ].

A medium sized butterfly with a dark body resting on a leaf. The wings are dark and swept-back. A large luminous green patch runs across the middle of the wings. The hindwing has a thin band of red and blue lines.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography

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