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A micro-moth I see very spring on the gorse at Westhay. This was the first that's ever landed in the 'right' place... (that don't involve being stabbed by a shrub).
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Pictured here just outside the entrance to the funnel shaped part of its web, the caterpillar was subsequently dragged down into the funnel. Wokingham, UK.
Indulgence.
Sorry, I have posted other pictures of this species before, but I caught a really nice image of this individual, and had to post it.
Could this Moth be more beautiful as it stepped out on the ballroom floor? Some Moths are just not boring.
July 20, 2015
Columbia, MO
Me and my mom painted her summer house in August and step one was cleaning.
But of course I couldn't just do that - step .5 became shooting this lovely tortrix moth on the side of the house before chasing it off so I could proceed with the cleaning.
I had some help figuring out the species here, and it turns out to be a chestnut tortrix (Cydia splendana). It is also known as the acorn moth (though that name is used for a different species in North America). Given that the house is surrounded by several really large oaks and zero chestnuts, I'm figuring this one was here for the acorns.
The moth is just below 9.5 mm in length and was shot at 3:1 magnification and if you take the time to zoom in, it'll treat you to some really quite nice scaly details, especially on the head. Also, a pretty sweet eye there.
With a wingspan of only 9-13mm these guys are pretty small. They can be found in pine forests and plantations.
Here's one of my favourite finds and shots of 2020: A very surprised-looking triple-stripe piercer (Grapholita compositella) on a hazel leaf.
When I found this one, it was doing a really funky little dance and was running in circles on the leaf. No idea what it was hoping to achieve. I managed to capture a short video of it running around - have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51084354421/ for that.
This is a very small moth with a wingspan of less than 10 mm (.4") which means the lenth of it is a little more than half of that so I was lucky to have the MP-E65mm on the camera (this is at 3.3:1 magnification).
Looking at it, don't you agree it looks like it has loaded the textures for the wings at way too low resolution? Natural pixel art!
Yesterday red, today blue? I wonder if I can fill the entire week with vibrant colors?
I've probably seen it a million times before. But when getting my lunch out of the fridge today, I noticed the plastic lid from the container had all these small little droplets that just looked so cool!
When I took to photographing it with a strobe, the color and detail really came to life. It was quite an unexpected surprise!
For Macro Monday's Unexpected Theme.
As another unexpected surprise, the amazing response to this photo!
What I've been working on lately:
Android Root Apps article for you Android users
and the best free cydia apps for you jailbroken iOS folks!
Sorry, I've posted other examples of this one, but it's a moth that I always enjoy photographing. Besides, most of you, besides a few die-hard moth freaks are probably tired of looking at most of my boring moth photos. So here's a break. Also posted on BAMONA and BugGuide: bugguide.net/node/view/1297200/bgimage
August 21, 2016
Diamond Grove Prairie
Newton Co, MO
Me and my mom painted her summer house in August of 2021 and step one was cleaning it.
But of course I couldn't just do that - step .5 became shooting this lovely (and small) tortrix moth on the side of the house before chasing it off so I could proceed with the cleaning.
I had some help figuring out the species here, and it turns out to be a chestnut tortrix (Cydia splendana). It is also known as the acorn moth (though that name is used for a different species in North America). Given that the house is surrounded by several really large oaks and zero chestnuts, I'm figuring this one was here for the acorns.
Since it stayed perfectly still and was at pretty much eye level, I had time to take lots of shots so this is a six-exposure focus stack compiled using Zerene Stacker.
The magnification level here is 3.9:1 which sounds a lot - but just how close is it? Well, when you know the level of magnification, it is actually quite simple to calculate the size of the subject so I decided to measure the eye. It turns out the diameter of one of those green eyes is no more than 600 microns - or .6 mm! (That's about 1/40th of an inch for those of you who use freedom units.) Personally, I'm absolutely elated that I can capture such small details so well now.
The entire moth is just below 9.5 mm in length and I have a shot (at 3:1 magnification) of it from the side here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51425542267/
Cydia splendana, the chestnut tortrix, is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in Europe. It is also known as the acorn moth, but this can also refer to Blastobasis glandulella from North America, which belongs to the more primitive family Blastobasidae.
The wingspan is 12–16 mm
Another new one for me and for Missouri in BugGuide.
bugguide.net/node/view/1348434
April 25, 2016
Columbia, MO
If anyone can identify this moth it would be appreciated, not certain it actually is a Cydia Amplana Moth
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Cydia ulicetana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. The wingspan is 12–16 mm. Adults are on wing in May and in the south again from July to September in western Europe. Males fly in sunshine, while the females tend to be more crepuscular.
The larvae feed internally in the seedpods of various plants, including Ulex (gorse). I'd say the little guy is no more than 2 mm in size - no wonder i did not see it at the time of taking this picture :)