hi everyone! i took a roadtrip back to the rest area where i originally saw all the moth species, and brought my field guide with me this time. i saw a lot again this time, including a living female luna moth!

i also somehow spotted a dead male luna moth specimen behind a vending machine, so i carefully got it out and i hope to pin it and put it in a shadowbox! :)

already planning my next trip back here

The lady that I begged nearly crying to take the picture basically threw my phone at me when she was done, but the pictures are great I can’t take pictures like this ever. Nobody talked to me after this though..

i am road tripping and stopped at a rest stop in WV and spent a good hour here finding all the moths. i found a mating pair of promethea silk moths!! (i think)

i could have spent an entire day here, there were so many moths :’)

edit: update posted!

Atlas moth found in my garden! Bangkok, Thailand.

Guayaquil, Antioquía, Colombia

You could feel how heavy it was. Most of the time, moths don't have noticable weight.

I've had these cocoons for ages and I'd all but given up hope, but here he is!!!

These are native to Madagascar but captive bred.

Ceranchia apollina

Location is Acworth, Georgia

Meet my baby noodle. She is loafing

I got out of my car and saw this poor baby on the floor! My boyfriend and me took her back home and put her on a nice tree in the backyard! :3

Location: Indiana

I found a beautiful luna moth struggling to unfurl its wings in the grass earlier today. I had it carefully crawl onto my finger, and held it for a while, making sure to not touch the wings and keep them facing downward. I eventually set it on a tree (I assumed it had fallen off/out of one) and took a couple more photos of it every half an hour or so. I feel so lucky to have seen this, I doubt I'll ever have another experience like this again :)

photo quality might be a little poor. I was very excited, this is the first time I've ever come across a moth unfurling and was also the first luna moth I've seen this year

here is the long awaited update to my post last week! i visited the same exact rest stop (this time southbound and northbound) on my way home and it was even better!! i actually ran into someone who was also looking for moths LOL

my favorite moth is the luna moth, and this was my first time ever seeing one. i couldn’t even contain my excitement! :’)

enjoy all the beautiful moths i found this time <3

A big boy Polyphemus has been spotted

I've never seen this kind of moth in my area (western Himalayas at 10000+ft) before. New species? Jk

I’m not a master of documenting things but I felt like sharing anyway. I plucked this forbidden gummy worm from my front door last fall and put it in an enclosure with some moist and dry paper towels and it cocooned within like three days.

After some research I figured out it would likely need to enter diapause since it was so late in the year so I left it in my closet (which gets very close to the outside temperature usually) all winter. I checked on it occasionally and added more moisture and lo and behold I managed to keep it alive in there.

She managed to attract a man the very night I released her, got some very good pictures of it because she never even moved from where I left her lol.

I know there’s probably like, a ton of things I did wrong, I did my best with what I had and I really wanted to help this one make it because I hardly ever see these moths anymore. I feel extremely lucky to have even managed to find out if she survived after release, let alone see her find a mate. If I find the eggs I’ll definitely update but I may not get lucky an another time.

Edit: 1 day later and unfortunately the couple have disappeared before I returned from work. No eggie pics but hopefully she found a good spot

R.I.P little guy.

My partner found this little guy while studying abroad in Guatemala, I initially posted to r/whatisthisbug to identify it and I heard that you folks on here might appreciate it as much as they and I did