A photo of a large silk moth on a white sheet in front of a mercury vapor bulb light. This is a Tulip-Tree Silkmoth (Callosamia anguilifera), it has dark brown caps on the top of the wing that change into lighter browns, oranges, and creams with white and black eyespots on the forewing and wing tips.

A yellow moth perched on my finger. This is a Honey Locust Moth (Syssphinx bicolor). The forewings are yellow with tiny gray dots and spots. The hindwings fade from a dark, coral orange to yellow.

A small, fuzzy moth perched on a white sheet in front of an LED light. This is a Pink Striped Oakworm moth (Anisota virginiensis). It has a fuzzy orange head with smooth wings that fade from burnt orange to a mauve-purple. It has two white dots near the top of the forewing.

A small, very fluffy white moth perched on a white sheet in front of a mercury vapor bulb. This is a Dot-Lined White moth. It's head and abdomen are fuzzy and remind me of faux fur fabric. The wings are white with brighter white, reflective veins and black dots throughout.

Even more finds from the Bell's Bend State Park #NationalMothWeek event! We hiked around in the dark and had uv, incandescent, LED, and mercury vapor bulbs in multiple spots around the outdoor center. Such an incredible night! ID's in the alt. #BugSky #Invertebrates 🪲 #moths

Photo of moth the size of a human hand. Its brown-orange with four clear “eyes” on its wings, two of which are ringed in yellow, light and dark blue. Its body is soft and fuzzy.

Female Polyphemus moth in western PA, USA
#NationalMothWeek

A photo of the front of a bright orange fuzzy moth on light blue painted wood. The moth's legs, face, and forebody are bright orange and covered in hair-like scales. The 2 front legs are tucked close to the moth's face almost making it look bashful. The little bit of the wings that are visible are the same shade of orange but with some small dark spots.

A photo of a fuzzy orange moth from the front as it rests on a white sheet. The moth's fuzzy orange body is arched, it's wings spread and held upright in an defensive position.

A large yellow and mottled brown moth on a wooden table. The moth's wings are spread. The forewings are mostly mottled brown with yellow tips, there is a small figure-eight shaped spot in the middle area. The moth's hindwings are mostly yellow with some mottled brown. There is a small single "eye-spot" in the upper middle area. The moth's body is fuzzy and the same yellow with brown mottling. This coloration is very similar to the color of fallen leaves of the Tulip Poplar (liriodendron tulipifera) and grapes (vitis) common in the moth's range, thus making what might be considered bright markings actually quite effective camouflage in the right setting.

A photo of a white and black fuzzy moth from above with a flying ant photobombing it at the lower right of the frame. The moth has brownish feathery antennae, a white head with a glossy black spot that almost looks like a curly mohawk hair-do. The rest of the moth's body is a light gray and fuzzy. The moth's wings are white with faint dark gray bands forward, and a black band along the trailing edge.

For this the last day of #NationalMothWeek, i offer some select #moth photos from the last week of observations.

1.A shy Io Moth, Automeris io
2. Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth, Anisota pellucida in defensive display.
3. Imperial Moth, Eacles imperials
4. Small Tolype Moth,Tolype notialis

Small-eyed Sphinx Moth from above. An extremely fancy moth with angular wings. Base color of the forewings is a warm mid brown, with darker brown, gold, and purple patterning. The front edges of the hindwings project in front of the forewings, and they're pale pink, gold, and brown. The furry thorax is purple with a gold stripe down the middle.

Azalea Sphinx moth from above. This moth is sleek and subtly patterned. It's mostly shades of light and darker brown with some rufous on the thorax and pink on the hindwings.

TWO new sphinx moth species tonight to finish off #NationalMothWeek! Small-eyed Sphinx and Azalea Sphinx 🌿 #TeamMoth

Treehopper - Glossonotus acuminatus

Luna Moth - Actias luna (from other side of the sheet!)

Bold-feathered Grass Moth - Herpetogramma pertextalis

Beautiful Mantidfly - Leptomantispa pulchella

Insects from an event at Chapel Hill Public Library (North Carolina) on 26 July 2025: #nationalmothweek.
Luna Moth - Actias luna (from other side of the sheet!)
Treehopper - Glossonotus acuminatus
Bold-feathered Grass Moth - Herpetogramma pertextalis
Beautiful Mantidfly - Leptomantispa pulchella

A pohto of a bright orange and red moth from above front resting on a shiny black surface it's face reflected in the metal. The moth's legs, head and forebody is covered in bright orange fur-like scales. It's wings are rusty orange red.

For today's #NationalMothWeek photo I present the Southern Pink-striped Oakworm Moth, Anisota pellucida sitting on the lamp pole getting some reflection action going on.

#fujifilm X-S10, #Laowa 65mm #Macro

#MacroPhotography
#photography
#Invertebrates
#insects
#moth

#NationalMothWeek! #Lepidoptera

Huge moth with broad wings. Bright yellow with horizontal reddish brown stripe and blotches and speckles. Body yellow with brownish red bars. Resting on brick exterior of a convenience store, directly beneath a light.

Great ending(?) to National Moth Week: An enormous female Imperial Moth at a convenience store in New Florence, Missouri, USA. #bugsky #mothweek #NationalMothWeek #moth

“How You Can Protect Moths and Other Nighttime Pollinators” A white-lined sphinx moth hovering in front of a pink flower.

This #NationalMothWeek, help the pollinators on the night shift!
🦋Avoid pesticide use in your garden
🌸Plant a diversity of native plants
💡Reduce artificial lighting at night
🍂Leave a little wild space for moths to shelter and grow
Get started at xerces.org/resources

Tiny brown and yellow moth on green leaf

Is it still #nationalmothweek?
Found this in my garden today. Tiny! About 8mm across.
#smallbutperfectlyformed
I'm just beginning to learn #moths does anyone know what it is, please?

Campion, intricately patterned in shades of brown and cream with a tracery of pink and lilac scales

Rosy Rustic on a wooden bench

Honeysuckle Moth

Gypsy Moth

#NationalMothWeek has coincided with a period of unsettled weather and less diverse catches, but still a few nice species including a pristine Campion (what a beautiful creature!), Rosy Rustic NFY, our second ever Honeysuckle Moth and a handful of Gypsy Moths...

#mothsmatter #teammoth

a black and blue moth with a vibrant orange head perches on the photographer's hand and looks into the camera

side view of a black and blue moth with a vibrant orange head, perched on the photographer's hand

Virginia Ctenucha Moth (Ctenucha virginica) for #mothweek

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Two very different moths to start the day:

Luna Moth and Ailanthus Webworms

#NationalMothWeek

A moth on our window…not positive which species (or even genus) it is.

Watching each other
with indiscernible thoughts,
alone together.

#HaikuSaturday

Hey, one more day of #NationalMothWeek! Don’t forget to post your finds on @inaturalist.bsky.social

#insects 🦋

Red-lined Panapoda Moth, selfie on my aquamarine shirt, with flashlight visible on far right. Moth is triangular, facing up, grayish brown with two black spots, and a thin, slightly wavy yellow horizontal line above and below the black spots.

More from National Moth Week. This one’s on me. Literally. Selfie with Red-lined Panapoda Moth at our sheet tonight. Giant City State Park, Illinois, USA. #bugsky #mothweek #NationalMothWeek

A focus stack photo of the front of a brown and tan moth. The moth's legs are banded dark brown and tan. Its face is tan with large dark eyes under its slender antennae which sweep back under the wings. The area behind the moth's head is raised almost like a wide mohawk hair-do with many dark brown tipped fluffy scales.

A photo of the moth from above showing it's spread wings. The moth is a medium tan color with bands of darker brown.

Blood was shed, profanity flowed, no extra parts were found, and the new desk is assembled. To celebrate this #Friday of #NationalMothWeek here is a #FocusStack portrait of the Lunate Zale #Moth, Zale lunata (and a dorsal wingspread shot).

#MacroPhotography

Side view of moth on a foam-green plant surface; moth has small head with thatch of light brown hair, large dark eye showing, wings folded over body shaped kind of like a surfboard, with alternating white and burgundy patches, and fringes of fine brown hair above and below in back.

I think my favorite #moth photo I’ve taken is this Micropterix sp. on santolina. (Siena, Italy 6/23) I don’t know why but it strikes me as delicate yet determined!

Happy #Mothweek!

#NationalMothWeek #Bugsky

Common Gum Emerald - Prasinocyma semicrocea - top view of a moth with bright green wings edged in red and with paler wavy lines across them

Winter Crest-moth - Nisista galearia - top view of a moth with brown/grey wings with a complex pattern of wavy lines and lines that resemble the # at the bottom corners of each forewing

Peraglyphis scepasta - a leafroller moth endemic to Western Australia which has pale brown forewings, each with a variable scattering of brown, orange and black markings

Winter Carpet - Larentia apotoma - top view of a moth with brown wings that has a vague dark wavy band across the middle edged in a paler line, and forewing wingtips that are pointed

Some very cold overnight temps for #NationalMothWeek in Perth, WA (down to around 5C) but we still have a few brave moths around - like these seen 20 July 25

📌 Common Gum Emerald
📌 Winter Crest-moth
📌 Peraglyphis scepasta
📌 Winter Carpet
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inaturalist

Virginia creeper sphinx moth in the bar at the end of #NationalMothWeek

Yep, it’s been a long week buddy!

#NationalMothWeek #LunaMoth #MothPhotogpraphy #InsectPhotography #AnimalPhotography #NaturePhotography #MothLovers #InsectLovers #AnimalLovers #NatureLovers #PhotographyLovers #moths #insects #animals #nature #photography

An orange and brown moth with see through wings hovers in front of a purple flower. Hummingbird clearwing

A dark brown and yellowish moth with see through wings hovers in front of a purple flower. Snowberry clearwing

This year I have been fortunate to have both Hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) and Snowberry clearwing (H. diffinis) moths visiting my garden. Great to get to see both at the same time.🦋 #NationalMothWeek #MothWeek

If you have been enjoying #NationalMothWeek, consider joining our arthropod monitoring program!

Standardized surveys provide more info than simply submitting photos, and help reveal phenology and long-term trends. Explore our data like those shown below!

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🐛🦋Happy #MothWeek brought to you by a new record of a leaf blotched miner moth in Alabama!

🔬🌿Leaf-miner moths are considered micro moths and get their name because the caterpillar leaf-s behind a tunnel as they eat and grow

#alabamabiodiversity #lepidoptera #nationalmothweek #aumnh #inaturalist

Happy #nationalmothweek! Moths are incredible insects that support pollination and serve as a vital food source for birds and mammals. With over 160,000 species worldwide, moths are significantly more abundant than butterflies yet receive just a fraction of our attention.

four different types of pale fibers have been wound into large skeins as if ready for weaving

a scarf that looks like it is woven of rough silky threads in gray and ivory colors is displayed artistically in a rounded fold with tassels splayed out

Museum Resource 🧵 Wild Silks Collection
#NationalMothWeek

Housed at our McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, this collection features the many different types of wild silks harvested from the cocoons of various silk moths around the world:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/mcguire/coll...

A couple of micro moths enjoying an early morning sit, Garden Pebble and Diamond-back #NationalMothWeek #MothsMatter #Moths #gardenwildlife

Happy #NationalMothWeek, my people! We're lucky to have such a diverse population of moths in BC--despite polluting their air, destroying their habitat, and driving 18 wheelers full of Labubus through it.

Some National Moth Week Tigers

_Lophocampa maculata_, _Arctia caja_ and _Lophocampa argenta_ Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR

#nationalmothweek #moths #lepidoptera #insects #nature #photography

Cambridge Moth Ball
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