When it comes to butterflies, people always describe it as gorgeous, elegant, weak, and pitiful. But when it comes to moths, people always look disgusted, describing it as dark, haunting, very scary, and the body with long hairs is extremely uncomfortable. The beautiful moths introduced here will completely change your old ideas! This is the splendor of the moth fighting fire!
Bumblebee moth
Bumblebee Moth: It has transparent wings and bright black and yellow markings, and is the best camouflage master among moths. In terms of appearance and movement, it fully imitates the fierce bumblebee, hence the name, which is intended to deter predators. Unlike bumblebee, it is completely non-aggressive.
Hummingbird hawk moth
Hummingbird Hawk Moth: A very beautiful moth, very similar in appearance to hummingbirds, can clearly hear the buzzing sound when flying, and has the physiognomy characteristics of hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and moths, known as the "four different" in the insect world. Like butterflies, they have long straw-like mouthparts, colorful colors, and beautiful and dazzling wings.
White Witch Moth
White Witch Moth: The moth with the widest wingspan, and even the insect with the widest wingspan, reaching a width of up to 31 cm, wider than the world's largest royal moth, but its body weight is much lighter. Because of its huge wingspan, people mistake it for a bat. It has a good protective color, is difficult to spot in the jungle, and is therefore one of the most mysterious moths in the world, and it has many eerie stories.
Dead bulbous moth
Dead bulbous moth: Extremely beautiful is a large moth, one of the most elegant moths, named because of the stripes of the wings that resemble baskets. It is similar to the blue bulbous moth, but is larger and has a yellower body color. The larvae have 4 long black antennae and two tail horns, which look very strange and have a very unique point of view.
Cantonese leopard silkworm moth
Cantonese leopard silkworm moth: a beautiful moth that is more common and has a high degree of exposure in southern China. It has a strong phototropism and is a common dancer under the lights during the peak season. The body color is bright yellow , the forewings are broad , the apical horns are bluntly rounded , the forewing margins are yellowish brown to green , and there is an oval black spot below the apical corners of the forewings.
Rose maple leaf moth
Rose maple leaf moth: The smallest known silkworm moth in the world, the color is as cute as a girl, one of the most beautiful moths in the world, named for its love of living in maple trees. Its pink and bright yellow color scheme is very rare in the insect world. Such a unique color scheme is poisonous in the eyes of predatory birds, so this is also its "protective umbrella".
Holly silkworm moth
Holly Silkworm Moth: It has huge wings, is the second largest moth in the world after the emperor moth, and is extremely beautiful, and the tip of the forewing also has a "snake's head" like a flower spot. Because of its large wings and brilliant color, when flying at night, it looks like a small bird, and is also known as the "phoenix moth", which is a treasure in the eyes of butterfly collectors.
Sunset moth
Sunset moth: A day-moving moth that is considered one of the most beautiful and infectious moths in the world. It has a gorgeous appearance, and the iridescent part of the wings has no pigment, and it is completely the color produced by refracting sunlight. Because it is famous all over the world, it is included in most casual books on lepidoptera, and it is also a favorite object of collectors.
Striped long-tailed moth
Striped long-tailed moth: The body body is green with contrasting dark brown stripes. Although nicknamed the "Isabella butterfly", it is actually a moth, known as the most beautiful and rare moth in Europe, with a lifespan of only 3 days and 3 nights. Legend has it that as long as you make a wish to "Isabella", she will take her wish to heaven and make her dream come true!
Madagascar moon moth
Madagascar Moon Moth: One of the largest and most beautiful moths, the face value can be called the moon goddess. Although the adult worm has a mouth and internal organs, it no longer eats after breaking out of the cocoon, and can only survive for 6-8 days. It must find a mate and reproduce in a short period of time, which is a race against time, so she is also called: "the fairy who races against time".
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