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hello Metura aristocosma ! Out today ! 😍

After ~7 yr of work, it's finally out! We present a molecular phylogeny of butterflies sampling >90% of genera & >2000 spp. Butterflies emerged ~100 million yr ago in North America and first fed on legumes. Thanks to all 87 co-authors from 28 countries! rdcu.be/dcaVU

アイノミドリシジミの卍巴飛翔。くるくると円を描くように追飛します。

クリソゼフィルス❤️ メスアカミドリシジミが発生しました❤️

Hornet Moths/Sesia apiformis, Wytham Woods at 0830 on 30th June. Found the old-school way, by checking known Poplar trunks in the early morning

We saw so many Rippon’s Birdwing butterflies in Sulawesi but as always they were constantly flying. Nearly all my photographs of this species were taken on the wing.

This butterfly is setting our hearts aflutter. 🦋 Working with ourANU, our Australian National Insect Collection researchers have described a new butterfly – Ogyris caelestia or the sapphire azure butterfly. 📷 | Ethan Beaver & Michael Braby 🔗 spr.ly/6012PpMHC

How did everyone spend their New Year? For me, I spent 5 hours on top of a cliff near Palm Beach under a single mistletoe waiting for this little brown butterfly. It’s Ogyris abrota, the Dark Purple Azure. All Ogyris are hard to find and harder to photograph so it was worth it!

Hello friends, I don't post here. If you'd like to hear about research updates and musings on bagworms I'll be posting them to the other place. Random life photos on 📸, at ethanbeaver, and i also rate pigeons and doves at yours_pigeon. Hello and goodbye 👋

Been thinking a lot about big moths lately so good

シバミノガ　 Nipponopsyche fuscescens Yazaki, 1926 戦前に日本人が記載したミノガ。ケースの見た目はいわゆる“蓑”そのもので特徴的である。 ケースは写真奥の大きいのがメス。手前の小さいのがオス。黄色い芋虫のようなのが翅のないメス成虫で、オスはケースの上に静止している。