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I saved this post a while back to eventually identify the moth, but since it's already been I'D, I thought I'd show yall how pretty the Virginia Ctenucha is :)

Image credit: Babette Kis

I mean, look at this creature!!

Hi, sorry if this is a weird question, but I’ve been wondering about something for years, and I figure here’s as good a place to ask as any.

So, this was years and years ago, like mid-2010s probably. I was living in southern Ontario at the time, like an hour away from Toronto? And I saw this butterfly during recess at my school, while I was at the park.

Its wings were this gorgeous really dark brown, like roughly the same colour as Minecraft bats if you’ve played that game? And I remember its body was really brightly coloured, like bright red and cyan, possibly with a black head. I don’t remember any markings on the wings, but I was like 12 and it was dark brown so I might have just missed them. I don’t really remember the shape either, so it was probably a relatively generic butterfly wing shape? It was also probably around 3 to 6 cm, but don’t quote me on that, I’m just guessing since I recall it being pretty average size for a butterfly and that seems to be the usual range for Ontario butterflies.

Obviously it could’ve easily been a moth, but I’ve never found any butterflies or moths that fit the description I remember. I’m not even sure butterflies/moths with brightly-coloured bodies like that EXIST, honestly. Also not sure it was native to my area: I’ve never seen anything that looked like that before or since.

(If it helps, it was a suburban area, but one with a lot of wooded areas nearby? There was also this tiny reservoir lake not too far from the area. It was sometime between 10 AM and 1 PM when I saw it, probably around noon.)

Anyways, anybody have any idea what I might’ve seen? Because it’s kind of been haunting me for years.

Look what I found outside of my door!!!! A Tiger Moth!!!! 🐅🐅🐅🐅🐅

FAVORITE BUG ACQUIRED

sadly I could only find one mole cricket plush in existence and since it’s a hand made one it’s very expensive, so I don’t think I’ll be getting a plushie of my all time favorite bug anytime soon… but now I have my favorite moth! She is SO cuteeeee

Fun fact:

Those hair-like bits at the end of its wings are called setae, they help the moth to sense what's going on around it

I found this interesting article by microscopy UK on it, and here's a quote I thought was cool.

"Adults have tactile setae on almost all of their body parts. The setae play an important role in helping the butterfly sense the relative position of its many body parts (e.g., where is the second segment of the thorax in relation to the third segment). This is especially important for flight, and there are several collections of specialized setae and nerves that help the adult sense wind, temperature, and the position of head, body, wings, legs, antennae, and other body parts."

Hdfghjkcyyc I love biology :)

Opinions on black berry looper moths?

OH MY GOODNESS, THEY LOOK KIND OF WOOLLY? LIKE THEY WERE KNITTED TOGETHER! THEY'RE SO PRETTY! GSSHSKSGSOSGSOSSUOSSJS BU9A79GSU9GGSGU9 BLACKBERRY LOOPER MOTH!

That fuckin picture of that guy at agraveyard holdin like, a cup or smt, with a mothman sized moth with him, both staring directly at the camera is somehow the funniest image but I haven’t been able to find it in months