r/moths

On May 27th of this year, my brother came home with a chubby green caterpillar in a paper tissue and told me he’d plucked it off of a sewer grate. I decided to use a little critter catcher I had and made an enclosure just to see what would happen. On the same day, it buried itself and we never saw it again😭 Until like 5:00 AM today when I woke up to what I thought was a little motor running. I thought my fish tank was going crazy, but NO it was the little guy! He finally came to the surface, so I rushed outside to release him. Shortly after this video, he took off into the night (???) and I dropped my phone lol (please ignore the mess, I have a dog)

This guy chilling on my front porch wanted to show you his hair.

Ohio.

This cutie was on my deck the other morning, I love how the markings make it look like it has a tiny opossum face! Crawled around for a few hours until I moved him to the bushes. The white part was pretty fluffy. What is it? Southern Ontario, Canada.

super cute!!! all are in less vulnerable areas now!!

Scotland

Always saw photos of them and never expected one to show up. Chicago south side

What kind are they. I think their grubs are decimating the rag weed in my yard. I live on Vancouver Island, BC

Pretty sweet and heavy boiiiiii. Was super cute and stayed on my hat for like 15min.

Edit: its a Pyramideneule (Amphipyra pyramidea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Im in Metro Atlanta ! Ive never encountered a moth like this before but i love them :p

I was able to find some rosy maple moths this weekend! I'm not super experienced but these guys seem pretty dull pink compared to other photos I've seen. Is this due to seasonality or location or something else?

Photos taken in Broome County NY.

I have lived in Idaho most of my life and I have NEVER seen a moth like this here! He came into my apartment during the morning and then every night I'd take him outside to go live his moth life yet every morning he'd come back inside until he took his last breath! I loved Atty and will forever cherish this experience!!

I was letting my dogs out this a.m and this little fella (actually really big for Mass.) was outside on my wreath. I took roughly 6 thousand photos because I'm so exited!!

I'm in Southern Illinois

UPDATE: He's still there, i named him Alfredo.

Very large. Maybe 5-6" across

I saw this moth in my garden at last light. It was going to all my common milkweed flowers. I took pictures with my phone instead of risking running inside to get my camera and losing sight of it. The color and what I read on Google tells me it is most likely a hummingbird moth. I didn't get a good look at the legs. Thanks in advance for any input. I'm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

flew onto me while i was looking at him LMAO

(nova scotia!)