Pale Tussock and Buff-tip: firsts for the year in our Cardiff Garden

#MothsMatter

#Callitearapudibunda #Phalerabucephala

Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda) - Co Fermanagh, May 2025. A cool moth from last week. #paletussock #paletussockmoth #callitearapudibunda #mothsmatter #teammoth @ulsterwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social

I've been watching this Pale Tussock in my garden for months. Every night it came out to feed on Hazel & every day it slept in its little silked-ceiling leaf cubby. Last week it crawled down to the ground to find somewhere to overwinter & pupate. I really miss my little buddy. #Callitearapudibunda

Time for the pale tussock moth,Calliteara pudibunda.
An impressive Erebidae moth, with a very striking larvae.
#Erebidae #paletussockmoth #callitearapudibunda #bokspinnare #moth #lepidoptera #insectphotography #macrophotography #bjärebiodiversity #backyardbiodiversity #INaturalist

Silmiin osui jotain heleän vihreää.

#callitearapudibunda #villakarvajalka

Een goeiemorgen!

Ik deed het raam in de woonkamer open en zag deze beauty van een Meriansborstel aan de buitenkant van het horgaas zitten.

#TuinLeven #CallitearaPudibunda #Natuur #Nature

Spotted this extraordinary pale tussock moth #Caterpillar in #RegentsPark today, on a large old oak, whilst visiting #FriezeSculpturePark . Great colours
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#PaleTussockMoth #moth #moths
#CallitearaPudibunda #Lymantriidae #lepidoptera #lepidopterology

#Villkäpa (Villkäpp)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Lepiku
Probably hele-villkäpp, the pale tussock moth, #CallitearaPudibunda. #Pudibunda, or modest, shy, perhaps for the habit of the #caterpillar (once known in hop-picking times as the ‘hop-dog’) curling up into a (protective) circle/ball? See also #Öölase.