Just some small guys: Olive-Shaded Bird-Dropping Moth Spoiler Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth or Schlaeger's Fruitworm Moth (impossible to distinguish by photos) Spoiler Labyrinth Moth Spoiler Yellow-Winged Oak Leafroller Moth Spoiler
It's been a while since I've gotten anything so flashy. Introducing... the Gold Moth! I also got a later-instar Virginia Creeper Hornworm (early instar on previous page). Variable Oakleaf Caterpillar Spoiler The markings on these caterpillars are highly variable! Black-Banded Owlet Spoiler Black-Barred Brown Spoiler This one wasn't a newbie, but it looks like I neglected to add the Baltimore Snout to the list. Spoiler White form of the Spotted Apatelodes (dragon moth) caterpillar. Look at those cute red feet! Spoiler
Green Cutworm Moth Spoiler Ragweed Flower Moth Spoiler Diasemiodes janassialis Spoiler Julia's Dicymolomia Moth Spoiler It's cute, but I can't help but have a small grudge against this species since they prey on bagworms. Better pic of a later-instar Black-Waved Flannel Moth caterpillar Spoiler If you see one of these, don't pet it—those hairs are laced with venom! Hibiscus Leaf Caterpillar Moth Spoiler
@Nekoban Ryo Got one for ya! https://imgur.com/a/4Kb0meE Biggest moth I’ve ever seen. Never seen anything like this
Yeah, our part of Texas is super unforgiving lately. Thought it’d be cool to show the kids, then immediately remembered a moth thread that existed here. Had to show it and ask what it was! I need to look over the whole thread again, it’s been quite a while and always a fun read. Thanks for the quick response!
A couple newbies: a Tobacco Budworm Moth (a greenie!) and a Yellow-Necked Caterpillar NP! I hope you learn something!
Black Bit Moth showing some subtle colorful highlights and a later instar Snowberry Clearwing caterpillar/hornworm:
A new slug caterpillar! Spiny Oak-Slug, one of the many stinging slug caterpillars. I also reorganized the main list on the first page and plan to add more caterpillars to it later. I was thinking about changing the spoilers to links to fit the entire list in one post (assuming posts don't have a link limit) and make the page load faster, though. What do you think? It might also fix the broken image problems.
Finally! Last week I found my first Evergreen Bagworm case of the year but, because it seemed so bare, I wondered if it might've been left over from last year. Looks like it was from this year after all—I found a male visiting it this evening! I've been wanting to get a photo of one for a while. With its charcoal coloring and clear wings, the Evergreen Bagworm Moth almost looks more like a hairy fly than a moth. As a caterpillar, it carries with it a case—or "bag"—of silk and plant debris that it uses as camouflage. The bag may resemble a pine cone of sorts. The caterpillar eventually pupates inside this bag, but will only emerge if male. Males have a long, accordion-like abdomen used for reaching into the cases of flightless, worm-like females for mating. A few more recent finds: Brown Angle Shades, Brown-Hooded Owlet caterpillar, and Boxwood Leaftier Moth Spoiler
Remember that Gold Moth from post #142? Here's its caterpillar! And here's a newbie: the Trumpet Vine Moth. What a silhouette! I also just finished replacing the spoilered images on the first page with links. Not only does everything fit in the first post now, but it should make page-loading faster and solve the issue with broken images. (Again, you can click on my Facebook album link above the list for easier browsing.)
