Moth—Glyphodes onychinalis
—A beautiful little moth that I found on Juniper Street in downtown San Diego today. Thanks to the good folks at BugGuide for helping me identify this. Turns out this species is native to the Afro-Asian region (India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand), but was introduced to the U.S. and first seen in Southern California around 2000.
Moth Tattoo done by Sean Ambrose at Arrows and Embers Custom Tattooing
(submitted by arrowsandemberstattoo)
Could you tell me who this little guy is? :~)
(submitted by sour-sunflower — please direct your answers to them!)
rin-is-albicant asked: Hey, I'm looking for a white moth (maybe with blue hints) to get tattooed on me. Preferably from the midwest of the USA, but wherever's fine. (White moths mean "to remember a lost loved one," and the woman who raised me recently killed herself so i want a tattoo in her honor. Moths are also my favorite insect).
#suicide warning
i imagine the best known species that’s white-ish is the domesticated silk moth (bombyx mori); however, it doesn’t naturally occur outside of east asia. female muslin moths (diaphora mendica) are mostly white and very beautiful, but also not found in the usa. for american moths, i recommend looking into the genus spilosoma and the related species hyphantria cunea. and here’s some geometer moth species you could check out: lomographa vestaliata, eugonobapta nivosaria (a gorgeous, pure white species), ennomos subsignaria, sericoptera virginaria, campaea perlata (greenish but mostly very pale) and tetracis cachexiata. unfortunately, i couldn’t find any white moths with blue markings.
for further search, ukmoths.org.uk allows you to search by colour and markings, although the system is still experimental, and of course the site’s focus is on british moths; and bugguide.net is always a big help.
i hope this is helpful! good luck on your search ♥
Male Atlas Moth (Attacus atlas, Saturniidae))
The Atlas Moth or Giant Silkworm Moth is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay archipelago.
Atlas moths are considered the largest moths in the world in terms of total wing surface area.
This is the second of my captive raised Atlas Moths to emerge. The first was a female (see her here).
See caterpillar here and here.
Male Atlas moths are distinguished from females by their smaller size, more tapered wings, and larger, bushier antennae.
Neither sex possess fully formed mouthparts and therefore do not feed; throughout their one- to two-week adult life they survive entirely on larval fat reserves that they build up while they are caterpillars.
by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr.
Pu’er, Yunnan, China
See more Chinese moths on my Flickr site HERE…..
Aplocera plagiata (Treble-Bar) or Aplocera efformata (Lesser Treble-Bar)
these two species are difficult to tell apart, but fear not! ukmoths has a short guide to identifying them
