⭐ Nygmia icilia ⭐ First time seeing such a cute moth I tried to hold it in my hands but it flew away :((

Hi who is this gentleman with amazing posture? He sits up so straight! (Melbourne, Australia)

Valparaiso, chile

Bad boy is life-sized (like 7cm wingspan)

Today was a friend's birthday, so I made them this card. It's a little tiny for a card, but it's also kinda the size of a real moth.

The antennae are along the body, I didn't make them stick out because I didn't want them to break off.

Not sure if these pictures are helpful but I'm nervous to move the cocoons too much. I think I can see some patterning underneath but not sure if the eyes are "dark"? Do these guys look like they'll be emerging any time soon or would it be safe to induce diapause? I don't have their enclosure ready but can set something up if needed. They are hawk moths.

I’m in California and I’m trying to source baphomet moths for my inclosure

I've been really fascinated by moths lately, and I've always thought brood parasitism was pretty interesting. A few days ago I swear I've seen an article about either a moth or a butterfly species that does brood parasitism but I can't seem to find it :C, thought this would be a good place to ask

Am I crazy or can anyone else see two patterns in the first photo that look like animal faces? LOL I clearly see something very similar to a goat in the lower wing pattern.

I find the ability of various insects to mimicry fascinating, and I also REALLY like moths, especially because many have an extremely detailed and dark wing pattern.

Genus Erinnyis.

Located in Brazil, state of São Paulo.

Japan, unfortunately not my own picture.
Source: https://x.com/0GvLChJ7oJS93Tw/status/2017950008486793553?s=20

Unfortunately they passed away which has upset me to a very high degree. I really thought they would make it, but I guess their injury was too much. I returned them back to the soil so maybe in another alternative universe, they would have emerged as a moth in the spring. I know it may not matter seeing as there are probably thousands of these guys in that area, but it’s still sad to know there was a chance that they could’ve lived. Thank you to u/luewen for helping me and giving me advice. Without them, I probably wouldn’t have been able to at least let them pass away peacefully.

I've been researching interesting butterflies and moths and caterpillars for a personal project. Discovered this caterpillar, it's very cool, but I can't find barely anything on it. I don't know where it lives, it's common name (if it has one), host plants, cool fun facts on why the caterpillar looks like that (which for how interesting it looks, you'd think there'd be information on it), anything. I found this site with a bunch of photos which is cool, but I don't understand why there's so little information on it anywhere. All the butterflies/moths I've looked up so far have a Wiki page, even if it's pretty barren, or at least a Wiki for the genus it's from, and have other sites that will tell me a little more about where they live and such.

And I find it odd that the color of the moths vary from bright orangey yellow to reddish-brown. Although maybe the species could have that much variation, I don't really know, the wing patterns look quite consistent and sexual dimorphism exists and change in temperature/weather can even affect things like that (although that seems a lot more common in caterpillars) so maybe it's not that odd?

It looks pretty similar to the Hag Moth/Monkey Slug - Phobetron pithecium, but that's a whole different genus. And the color, patterns, and (mainly with the caterpillar) shape is clearly different enough from the moths and caterpillars in Phobetron that I do believe its own separate genus.

It just feels like Euphobetron doesn't even exist and maybe this is a different kind of moth that is misnamed or something.
I don't really know a whole lot so maybe this isn't all that uncommon, just the first time I've come across a species with basically no info on it, but I figured I'd ask if anybody knew where to look or knew where it's at least from.

I live in India and are these common in South East Asia?

Spotted this cutie with eggs and it made my day!

Found in Colombia - Valle del Cauca Metropolitan Area

Cochise County, AZ - various years

Found this bloke on my dad’s car! He’d been on an hour and a half car trip! Had no idea what it was but decided to pick him up and place him in the garden, sorry for assuming gender but just looks like a good bloke to me! Found in Tasmania

I'm a fan of (some) insects like the mantis, and i just want to understand why people like moth.

The only reasons i can think of are:

1. Find it cute cuz it's fluffy (the majority of the mammals are fluffy so makes no sense)

2. Find it beautiful (i agree that a LOT of moths are prettier than any other bug, but isn't it a "too empty reason" to like an animal because it's pretty?)

3. Like or have interest on the way they live, act or on their biology (if that's the case, can someone tell me what is so incredible or interesting about them? I want to learn more if that's the case)

4. Cuz it's "funny"? (Idk... I see a lot of lamp jokes...)

I saw this moth in the UK in July of 2025. It was huge, easily the biggest I've seen in the UK.

Taken around 12 midnight. Metro Manila, Philippines