Ngl you guys 2022 has been a banner year for jeezypetes industries. Got my masters, did an amazing paid summer internship in alaska, traveled across the country, got a new job, developed + deepened friendships, wrote a novella… peace n love no matter what 💕
This is the common tubic, colloquially known as Geoff (because its latin name is Alabonia geoffrella.)
Despite humans calling it ‘common’ and giving it the same name as one of my annoyingly misogynist former supervisors, this glorious moth continues to sparkle. Its teeny tiny orange and blue wings are a lesson in colour theory! & Look at those incredibly fluffy palps!! The wing-fringe!!! This particular species of Geoff is a gahdammed joy.
May we be as delightful as this micromoth, no matter how common people say we are.
May we be as bold as a black arches moth mountaineering up a human.
(I try to release moths far enough away from the light trap that the waiting birds don’t get them… Maybe this moth just thought my hair was a good place to hide til sunset 🤷)
Not feeling great today & hoping I don’t have the serious germs, but here’s an elephant hawkmoth to improve things. Because hawkmoths always improve my day. 💖🦋
An illustration of a Cicada who has just emerged from its pupa and a detailed diagram explaining each step of the process from the 1919 edition of the Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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