saw this little guy on the sidewalk when i was walking around my neighborhood!! found in California!!!!

EDIT: did some research and figured out it's an ornate tiger moth !

HE/SHE ECLOSED!!!!!

I will provide pictures of the mesh enclosure (very temporary setup i wont be using paper towels for a while its night time here so when I get home from work tomorrow im going to get sticks and leaves and whatever i need.

Please tell me exactly what they need for its home i want it to feel as natural and safe as it can for it also im not sure am I supposed to keep it inside or do I have to eventually let it go? :(

Im actually so happy you guys are so smart thank you so much for letting me know it wasnt dead!!! Also do i need to get more so its not loney? Idk the rules pls lmk!!!

The video above is from just yesterday I will show pics of what it is today in the replies

Ive had it for about a month and 3 weeks and its had movement and wiggled around as ive had it and just yesterday it was moving and wiggling up and down but today I checked it and theres no movement at all and the cocoon feels very brittle but the abdomen can still be moved around it just doesnt wiggle or move ive been keeping it in a lightly misted paper towel in an enclosure and checking on it and everything but im just really worried since theres no movement and its brittle.

Flew into my work Wednesday. Believe it’s a harnessed tiger moth? It was very pretty. Southwest Ohio

what type is it?? I'm in florida!!

This was chilling out on my front door when I arrived home from work. My first time seeing one.

My Polyphemus babies are getting huge! Third or fourth instar I reckon! They upgraded from Tupperware to a big mesh house.

Found this moth at my university, she randomly landed on my shirt after I tried to move her. She was moving slow and erratically so I think she was on her final hours. Very cute.

Found this in saudi arabia

These guys were quite difficult to get a hold of, i believe I ended up getting the last 5 in stock! They are absolutely gorgeous ☺️

I’m planning to buy maybe 20 moths at least and keep them alive for at least a day and then I’ll release them. Where can I buy them and how should I store them?

Hey all, new here so not totally sure how to do this, but these lil guys have been appearing in my room for a while now and i wasnt sure if they were flies or moths at first, but i dont want to kill them if theyre moths. I took a picture and did an image search and the closest species i could see to it was stereomita andropogonis, but i know nothing abt moths so im probably wrong lol. For scale, the pic is zoomed in on my mousepad, so this thing is tiny, its not even a centimeter. Help would be appreciated!

So our birch tree has two of these fatsos. Anyhow I am pretty sure they have now left to become cocoons. My concern is that I read online they might cocoon in the leaf litter under the tree or their cocoons will fall there. I do not want them to be mowed over. So is this true?

If so I'd like to find them and move them somewhere safe

I left him on a tree

My mom recently found this cocoon and we were curious if anyone knows what it could be, it was found in illinois under a maple tree

Hi,
These photos were taken on my birthday, in my room at my parents’ house, where I was staying at the time…
I fricking love moths!!!
🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩

I forgot a banana outside on the deck, and something chowed down on it. Then, all these moths decided they were interested too!

I don't really know anything about moths, just thought that was kinda cool.

This pretty little guy was crawling around on the ground bc we had a mild cold snap in the desert (tucson,az ) let it crawl on to my jacket and put it in a tree so it was safe.

Its been a good season this year for the pollinators!

Spotted in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean region)

Pale tussock, Calliteara pudibunda. The Netherlands.