Found in Minnesota - USA 2024

I almost pooped my pants in excitement when I saw it! It got caught in a rainstorm and was sitting on the sidewalk so we moved it to a branch under an eave.

I live in North Dakota, near the Montana border. I've been thinking of raising moths for a bit now, and I'm wondering if it's something I could actually do. I'm turning 18 in January, and I'm definitely on a bit of a budget since we're moving to Illinois this summer at latest. I'm honestly not sure if raising and releasing or keeping moths would be better, especially because I have other pets. I don't have a lot of climate-controlled space either, which makes me think I might want to wait, but I'm not sure how important it would be. I also do not have any experience with insects.

They are eating and alive I found out they eat from the tree called kiggelaria africana please tell me what moths use this as a host plant and what other leaves I can feed them I found the moths in cape town South Africa

From west TX. I really like the near-symmetry of its markings.

I spotted this moth in northern NM. It was my first experience with a hummingbird moth. As soon as I figure out how to attach the video to my post, I’ll add that as well 😄

I found this little fella near my workplace in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Do you guys know its species?

i want to care for it as long and as best i can. it recently became winter where i live, and i cant let it outside. also, i know its probably hard to tell, but can anyone gender it?

Hello, I was wondering if any moth experts have any info on moth language? If so please message me thanks!

We are new to oak tree ownership and have a few big fellas on our property.

We learned about banding to catch the females only after noticing the large number of males on the trunks at night over the last couple of weeks.

Is it still worth banding at this point?

(Victoria Canada, 3-10 degrees Celsius, 37-50 degrees Fahrenheit)

Thanks!

Hi, i found this moth in the middle of the street, when i found it i saw a yellow thing coming out of the abdomen, i tought that someone had steped on her or something so i brought it home so i can pin it cuz it was still in pretty good shape. When i touched it i saw that it was still alive and moving, when i got home and looked better i could see that the yellow thing is just coming out of the adbomen and that is not squished, its not moving much and im not sure if its dying or not.

Im in Portugal the species for what i can tell is the hippotion celerio common name the vine hawk-moth, for what i was able to research this moth is seasonal in portugal during the warmer months but the temperature here is staying around the 15-20C even tho we are in december, i also found that moths excrete meconium after they merge from the puppae but since they puppate underground i doubt that what it is since i found it in the middle of a asphalt street with no natural ground or vegetation around, this yellow excretion is somewhat thick and sticky.

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Thought the moth group might like my first tattoo. The artist is Tegan Rush.

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I would love to start raising moths and but I am located in Australia (Eastern coast) and am not sure on where to find them/order them from. After some research I don’t think I’ll be able to access some of my favourite moths such as most moon moths due to my location but if anyone has any advice on where I can get eggs/pupae that would be greatly appreciated. I am not fussed on what species they are, I just can’t seem to find anywhere online that will ship near me!

I recently (by recently I mean like months ago) became obsessed with moths, I love the to death and think they are so cute and interesting, I have done some research about them to try and find cool facts but I haven't really remembered any other then one about lunar moths, sooooo.. If anyone has any fun moth facts please leave a comment I would love to hear them ❤

This little fella opened up this morning :) that's all. Ohh and I'm not sure if it's male or female but based off of the descriptions I was getting I'm guessing male? Have a nice day!

Can someone tell me what kind of moth and why it hasn’t left my door way in 3 days?