Lmst

Damn, that was a lot of work. Having to figure out how to use Excel, was....challenging😅
1264 lines and 10+ columns.
Last year, I did a season of moth trapping at a local preserve. I have been compiling an Excel sheet with Binomial name, Common name, Host plant, Habitat, Location, Date, Time, Temperature, Red list status, and on top of that, a folder with pictures of every moth I found there, and a folder of the best pictures I have of those species..
The Nature guides asked for as much information as possible to use for education and habitat improvements.
I'll hold on to it and tweak it for a few more days, have a fellow moth man take a look to find errors, and then send it.

#MothsMatter #Entomology #MothMonday #Conservation

An Excel sheet, with rows and rows of information about moths.

#DailyBug und #SchmetterlingsMontag 🤩

Grauer Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner
Thera juniperata
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grauer_Wacholder-Nadelholzspanner

#insekten #insects #falter #krabbeltierchen #mothMonday #mothstodon #nature #biodiversity #entomology

an einer weiß gestrichenen hauswand hängt ein beige-brauner falter mit nach hinten flach auf den untergrund abgelegten flügeln, so dass eine breit pfeilspitzförmige silhouette entsteht. das beige ist feinschuppig meliert und mittig über die ganze breite von einem band aus verschieden großen ineinander übergehenden dunkel umrandeten flecken durchzogen. insgesamt ergäbe das eine gute tarnung auf rinde oder älterem holz. vorne am kopf ragt eine spitze vor und die halbkugeligen augen zur seite. die fühler hat der falter nach hinten geklappt, unter (!) seine flügel, das was da nach vorne seitlich absteht sind nicht die fühler sondern die vorderbeine.

Another little woolly bear buddy (𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢) from Thompson Park:

#MothMonday #caterpillar #WoollyBear #lepidoptera #insects

Closeup of a cute little woolly bear (fuzzy caterpillar, black on the ends and reddish-brown in the middle) on a yellow leaf. There's a smaller brown leaf on top of the yellow one which the caterpillar might be resting it's head on.

Woolly bear (caterpillar of the Isabella tiger moth, 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢) in the moss, from yesterday's hike at Thompson Park:

#MothMonday #caterpillar #WoollyBear #lepidoptera

A woolly bear caterpillar, black on the ends and rusty brownish orange in the middle and fuzzy and cute, crawling through scraggly pale green moss growing on gray stones.

Bronzed cutworm moth (𝘕𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴), found resting on a sidewalk in the neighborhood:

#MothMonday #mothstodon #moth #lepidoptera #insects #PapillonPaparazzi

Closeup of a little moth whose variegated brown wings include a pair of darker patches that look like jigsaw puzzle pieces, on a concrete sidewalk.

Detail of a moth in the genus Dirphia

#moth #mothmonday #macro #nature #insect #colombia

A pink spotted hawk moth! Hornworns sometimes turn into the prettiest of bugs. #insects #MothMonday #moths #mothstodon

A female #LythriaCruentaria (I think) for #InsektenSamstag. I swear, one of these days I'm going to nail that focus 😤

#AmpferPurpurspanner #Purpurspanner #SauerampferPurpurbindenspanner #VogelknöterichPurpurbindenspanner #butterfly #Schmetterling #Falter #Spanner #moth #Geometridae #Lythria #ButterflyMonday #SchmetterlingsMontag #MothMonday #InsectSaturday #Umflutkanal #Biederitz

A close-up, high-angle macro photograph shows a small moth with its wings spread out, perched on a single blade of green grass. The moth's wings are a striking pattern of bright yellow with broad, jagged bands of deep pink or magenta. Its body is covered in fine, yellow fluff. The background is a soft-focus blur of dark green blades of grass, which makes the moth stand out vibrantly in the centre of the frame.

Winden-Federmotte (Pterophorus pentadactyla)
aka "Federgeistchen"

My daughter suggested "Tagschatten" ;)
(came to visit our bathroom mirror)

#MottenMontag
#mothMonday

A closeup picture of a white moth. She is shaped like a T, sitting on a mirror.

more #SchmetterlingsMontag 😍
tagesaktuelle bilder incoming :)

eine Kompasslatticheule Hecatera dysodea. was es nicht alles gibt. und auch noch so hübsch!

#insekten #insects #falter #moth #mothMonday #mothstodon #krabbeltierchen #nature #biodiversity

nahaufnahme, quadratischer ausschnitt. auf weißem welligem untergrund sitzt ein kleiner nachtfalter mit einer silhouette in pfeilspitzenform. die flügel sind sehr feinkrümelig meliert in verschiedenen grautönen gemustert, in der mitte verläuft ein wellenförmig begrenztes dunkleres band über die ganze breite. das ganze erinnert einerseits an eine flechtenbewachsene steinoberfläche, andererseits an omas feine spitzendeckchen

The hummingbird moths are still coming to our buddleja, so I got this today. Amazing creatures.

#MothMonday #bloomscrolling #moth #mothtodon

Hummingbird hawk moth hovering while feeding from a buddleja flower.

Hickory tussock moth caterpillar (𝘓𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘺𝘢𝘦) at Thompson Park:

#MothMonday #caterpillar #moth #lepidoptera

A fuzzy caterpillar with a black head and white fur and black spots and white and black whiskery bits, looking altogether like the love child of an Oreo cookie and a woolly bear crawling along a paved trail.

We spent a good 20 minutes observing this most beautiful Cecropia Moth Caterpillar for fear we might never see one again. #MothMonday #MothWeek #Moths #MothsMatter #Insect #TeamMoth #Nature #Canada https://frametoframe.ca/cecropia-moth-caterpillar-in-rouge-national-urban-park/

We were very lucky to come across this mating Cecropia Moths. Lacking both functional mouth parts and digestive system, they live for only 14 days.Their sole purpose is to mate and lay eggs. #MothMonday #MothWeek #Moths #MothsMatter #Insect #TeamMoth #Nature #Canada https://frametoframe.ca/cecropia-moths-mating-in-rouge-national-urban-park/

Hiding in plain sight

#MothMonday #InsectsOfMastodon #Mosstodon

A turquoise moth holding onto a mossy tree truck.

Common carpet moth (𝘌𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘩𝘰𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢), from yesterday's hike on the Wiley Trails:

#MothMonday #mothstodon #moth #lepidoptera #insects

A little moth with a wavy black and white pattern across its wings clings to a stem of grass.

This one was tricky to ID, but I'm at least 75% sure that it's a northern eudeilinia (𝘌𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘢). From the WIley Trails:

#MothMonday #mothstodon #moth #lepidoptera #insects

A small white moth with fringed wing edges, perched on a serrated green leaf. A fingertip can be seen holding the leaf down to reveal the moth.

Four from today 🔎
#teammoth #inverts #mothmonday
#norfolk

A warm day yesterday but a chilly night, and just three #moth visitors which was rather disappointing numerically, though all three were first sightings in 2025. Hopefully some warmer nights this week will help numbers. Three to stimulate your intellectualities today are:

1) & 2) Flame Shoulder
3) Pale Mottled Willow
4) Oak Tree Pug

#MothsMatter #MothMonday #lepidoptera #entomology #insect #nature #wildlife #garden #alttext #animal #creature #mothsandbutterflies #bopdiversity #conservation

Overhead shot of 1cm Flame Shoulder moth on a finger. It is oblong shape. It is dark brown with a silvery-gold "go faster" stripe down each wing edge from the shoulder to about two-thirds of the way down before it tapers out, hence its name, flame shoulder. It also has two small stigmata on each wing, one silvery-white oval above a silvery-white reniform/kidney shaped mark.

Side on shot of a 1cm Flame Shoulder moth. It faces right. It is dark brown with a silvery-gold flame running down the wing edge. There are two stigmata visible, one silvery-white oval and one reniform.

A rather plain looking 1cm moth on the bottom of a finger facing the palm. It is a dusty/peppery sandy brown colour, with a faint, thin, jagged brown line running horizontally about a third of the way down. It has two stigmata on each wing. One tiny oval and one reniform, both of which a mid-brown. There is a slightly thicker jagged brown line running horizontally towards the bottom of the wing. It has two thin antennae pointing left and right from its head

A flat 1 cm pug moth on a wall. It wings are outstretched so it is much wider than it is tall. Difficult to describe but it's colouring resembles a tabby cat with broken and intermittent stripes/bands of dark brown, beige and patches of grey. It has a thin, short abdomen with two pinhead eyes.

For #MothMonday I present Nessus Sphinx (Amphion floridensis). I have soft spot for Sphinx (aka Hawk) Moths - their pollination relationship with flowers is pretty cool. Ok I may be biased given it was the subject of my masters thesis, but still.
#moth #insect #lepidoptera #manitoba #sphingidae

#MothMonday

Client Info