Luna Moth

My contribution to eileeninmd's Saturday's Critters #85. I've been hoping to get pictures of a Luna Moth for many years.


So those were from Wednesday. This morning, I look out the basement sliding glass door and something with a familiar lime-green color is flopping around in the leaves.

What do you know, a slightly smaller Luna.

Another Imperial Moth showed up last night. Therefore: MOTHRA FACE OFF!

That last is my contribution to Weekend Butterfly #08 at Andyslens. Speaking of Imperial Moths, thanks to reallysmallfish for this:

Last but not least (although smallest), here's an Eastern Tailed-blue:

UPDATE: Mothra Song

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Imperial Moth

My contribution to eileeninmd's Saturday's Critters #84. And to Butterfly Week 5 at Andyslens.


And now for Le Grand Fromage: Imperial Moth, Eacles imperialis

Here's another of that face (I was trying to get a better pic than I did in 2012):

Warmed up and ready to fly off into the woods:

You'll just have to imagine an Imperial Moth wearing a Stormtrooper helmet, I have no photoshop skills at all.

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Orange You Glad To See Me?

Carmi's Thematic Photographic 204 is Orange.



Would you believe these flowers are orange? At least when compared to the Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail?



Heck, it was worth a shot. Here we have the Eastern Amberwing, Perithemis tenera.





And now for some blues.

Widow Skimmer Dragonfly - Libellula luctuosa



Erythemis simplicicollis, Common Pondhawk



Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis



UPDATE: Orange Crush video and Imperial moth, Eacles imperialis









(Cross-posted at Whiskey Fire. Mouse over pics for captions, and click them for larger versions.)
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