Moth report-Costa Rica

Not a bad night in the moth trap, starting to move from early spring moths into spring moths proper. Several new for the year, including Frosted Green (not really green), Scorched Carpet (not really a carpet), and this Muslin Moth which lived up to its name by fainting like a Regency debutante.
#moths #TeamMoth #ukmoths #VC17

Moths and Beetles magnets are now available!!

https://evanskyarts.com/collections/aimants

They’re a great way to add a touch of colour and cuteness to any space!

I have 5 of each available in total, and you can get them individually or as a set, which gets you a little discount!

My handmade bug magnets collection will be released tomorrow (Saturday) at 6pm UTC+1! I will have 5 of each available in total. They will be available alone or as sets!

More informations: https://evanskyarts.com/en/collections/magnets

Phigalia titea moths, half wing looper males, light and dark morphs.

#NewSpecies!
New moth from #china:

Sinarella jinggangshana

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/77B6DDF2-C5A6-5873-9DAB-1FA2C7E83897
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e139845
#BioDataJournal #SinarellaJinggangshana

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #entomology #insects #lepidoptera #moths #mothsmatter

Let's cleanse the timeline

Check out Aotearoa's five-finger looper moth, Xyridacma alectoraria. It's a big, elegant, yellow moth with a fringe of *hot pink*.

This one came into my home moth light in January, in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, and I uploaded it to #iNaturalist today.

My best guess for why it looks like this is that the older leaves of its host plant, five-finger, often turn yellow before they fall. I'm not sure why the hot pink works (but it does).

https://inaturalist.nz/observations/267650636

One of the #moths that came to UV light in #VillaDeLeyva, #Colombia last night.

This is Phrygionis platinata (#Lepidoptera, #Geometridae, #Ennominae). This was one of the commoner species that appeared.

New paper shows that moth numbers are reduced in areas with higher levels of #skyglow compared to areas with lower levels of skyglow, regardless of whether one is near streetlights or not: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126068

I made friends with a Mournful Sphinx Moth, also called the Hawk Moth, today on my front porch. Look at those aerodynamic wings, the dead leaf camouflage! So cool!

Moths are symbolic of mystery and the veil between the worlds.

If this is a precursor to Cernunnos paying my front door a visit, though, I am going to be booking it out the back door like the big chicken I am!

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].

Pretty good moths last night. One new species, Small Brindled Beauty. One which is probably new but might need dissecting to be certain — I think it's either Caloptilia elongella or C. betulicola, either of which would be new for the garden. And I've thrown in a pic of a Dotted Chestnut bc it's pretty.
#moths #TeamMoth #VC17 #ukmoths

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)

An interesting moth with patterns that resemble a spider from certain angles.

"[Gil Wizen] It is only when the moth is at rest and viewed at a specific angle that an image is revealed. I didn’t really think much of this moth when I saw it, and took only a couple of photos, but when I finally got to edit them at home I gasped. “Is that… a SPIDER?"

https://gilwizen.com/eusceptis-effusa/

MSP airport is testing fire alarms where I'm waiting. Super-bright strobes have been flashing once per second for 5 minutes. I cannot stop myself from looking straight at them even though it leaves spots in my vision. I guess I should stop mocking moths bouncing into porch lights at night. #moths

"This work didn’t identify exact causes for the declines, although scientists have been clear that habitat loss, pesticide use and the climate crisis are the main culprits for insect losses, with other problems such as light pollution affecting #fireflies and #moths in particular."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/06/declining-butterfly-populations

This #TwentyPlume #moth was in my #bathroom this evening

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #invertebrates #insect #insects #lepidoptera #moth #moths #mothsmatter #spring #belfast #NorthernIreland @savebutterflies #shotoniphone