Part 5 - Moth-trapping at - CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain, on 18th August 2026 - moth highlights are - Xenotorodor stygioxanthus & Idaea fractilineata - see alt button for photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
October 2, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Part 5 - Moth-trapping at - CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain, on 18th August 2026 - moth highlights are - Xenotorodor stygioxanthus & Idaea fractilineata - see alt button for photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
A day-flying Geometrid first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 and named Pasithea zopyra, and found in the highlands of the South Island, and rarely on the highest points of the North Island.
October 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
A day-flying Geometrid first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 and named Pasithea zopyra, and found in the highlands of the South Island, and rarely on the highest points of the North Island.
A Geometrid endemic to New Zealand, and found throughout New Zealand with adults on the wing all year round. The caterpillars feed on plants in the genus Coprosma.
Manapouri and Knobs Flat, Aoteraroa New Zealand
Manapouri and Knobs Flat, Aoteraroa New Zealand
September 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
A Geometrid endemic to New Zealand, and found throughout New Zealand with adults on the wing all year round. The caterpillars feed on plants in the genus Coprosma.
Manapouri and Knobs Flat, Aoteraroa New Zealand
Manapouri and Knobs Flat, Aoteraroa New Zealand
A Geometrid first described by Francis Walker in 1863. The caterpillars have been found eating Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides) leaves. The forewings are about 2cm long.
September 25, 2026 at 1:50 AM
A Geometrid first described by Francis Walker in 1863. The caterpillars have been found eating Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides) leaves. The forewings are about 2cm long.
In that respect, at least, it’s doing much better than the critically endangered Asaphodes frivola, a Geometrid with flightless females, and now found in just two remaining coastal sites near Invercargill. The large site is 25 m2. blog.doc.govt.nz/2014/10/21/l...
The mystery of the little brown moth |
A key to the conservation of our nationally endangered little brown moth is determining its host plant and habitat requirements. Brian Patrick is working towards solving the mystery.
blog.doc.govt.nz
September 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
In that respect, at least, it’s doing much better than the critically endangered Asaphodes frivola, a Geometrid with flightless females, and now found in just two remaining coastal sites near Invercargill. The large site is 25 m2. blog.doc.govt.nz/2014/10/21/l...
A Geometrid found over much of Aotearoa, living in open areas in lowland forests, with the caterpillars feeding on a variety of herbs including the introduced Lawn Daisy Bellis perennis.
September 25, 2026 at 1:47 AM
A Geometrid found over much of Aotearoa, living in open areas in lowland forests, with the caterpillars feeding on a variety of herbs including the introduced Lawn Daisy Bellis perennis.
“Mondo '77” Looper — The Geometrid (2000)
September 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“Mondo '77” Looper — The Geometrid (2000)
Early with Eva Walker
Song: Mondo '77
Artist: Looper
Album: The Geometrid (2000)
Label: Sub Pop Records
Time: 5:16 am
Song: Mondo '77
Artist: Looper
Album: The Geometrid (2000)
Label: Sub Pop Records
Time: 5:16 am
September 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Early with Eva Walker
Song: Mondo '77
Artist: Looper
Album: The Geometrid (2000)
Label: Sub Pop Records
Time: 5:16 am
Song: Mondo '77
Artist: Looper
Album: The Geometrid (2000)
Label: Sub Pop Records
Time: 5:16 am
sometimes you take a photo of a geometrid caterpillar that was munching on your sea buckthorn to try to get an id and you end up with something potentially titled «Staring into the Abbys»
#macrophotography
#macrophotography
September 1, 2026 at 3:08 PM
sometimes you take a photo of a geometrid caterpillar that was munching on your sea buckthorn to try to get an id and you end up with something potentially titled «Staring into the Abbys»
#macrophotography
#macrophotography
The Geometrid Moth is far stranger than it lets on
Their caterpillars are the inchworms, which have lost most of their middle legs and travel by looping the body into an arch, and many can hold themselves out stiff and still from a twig so convincingly that they pass for one.
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Their caterpillars are the inchworms, which have lost most of their middle legs and travel by looping the body into an arch, and many can hold themselves out stiff and still from a twig so convincingly that they pass for one.
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August 27, 2026 at 7:01 PM
The Geometrid Moth is far stranger than it lets on
Their caterpillars are the inchworms, which have lost most of their middle legs and travel by looping the body into an arch, and many can hold themselves out stiff and still from a twig so convincingly that they pass for one.
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Their caterpillars are the inchworms, which have lost most of their middle legs and travel by looping the body into an arch, and many can hold themselves out stiff and still from a twig so convincingly that they pass for one.
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A geometrid caterpillar spotted by Eoin Warner in our rainforest on Sunday, more than likely a peppered moth adopting a rigid twig posture for camouflage.
They also change colour to mimic the twig. Amazingly, this is thought to be via what's called 'dermal photoreception': seeing with their skin!
They also change colour to mimic the twig. Amazingly, this is thought to be via what's called 'dermal photoreception': seeing with their skin!
August 25, 2026 at 6:19 AM
A geometrid caterpillar spotted by Eoin Warner in our rainforest on Sunday, more than likely a peppered moth adopting a rigid twig posture for camouflage.
They also change colour to mimic the twig. Amazingly, this is thought to be via what's called 'dermal photoreception': seeing with their skin!
They also change colour to mimic the twig. Amazingly, this is thought to be via what's called 'dermal photoreception': seeing with their skin!
The tiniest of tiny inchworms. (Hanging off my fingertip.) New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/08/meas... #VancouverIsland #Invertebrates #Moths #Larvae #InverteFest #NaturePhotography
August 19, 2026 at 1:48 AM
The tiniest of tiny inchworms. (Hanging off my fingertip.) New blog post: wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2026/08/meas... #VancouverIsland #Invertebrates #Moths #Larvae #InverteFest #NaturePhotography
I've been trying to grow Weld in my garden this year. First slugs devoured them, then some Geometrid larvae, and now Small White larvae are shredding them. Although the sources I've looked at so far don't mention Weld, it is related to Mignonette which is a known food plant.
August 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I've been trying to grow Weld in my garden this year. First slugs devoured them, then some Geometrid larvae, and now Small White larvae are shredding them. Although the sources I've looked at so far don't mention Weld, it is related to Mignonette which is a known food plant.
17:50 Uhr:
Looper - Mondo 77
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
SongLink: https://song.link/s/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
Looper - Mondo 77
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
SongLink: https://song.link/s/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
Mondo '77 - song and lyrics by Looper | Spotify
Looper · The Geometrid · Song · 2000
open.spotify.com
August 15, 2026 at 3:50 PM
17:50 Uhr:
Looper - Mondo 77
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
SongLink: https://song.link/s/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
Looper - Mondo 77
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
SongLink: https://song.link/s/2rB15nFiK72bGt3WYJKr17
This geometrid caterpillar looks so much as a twig that even iNaturalist's amazing AI identified it as a Fraxinus (ash) species! A different angle gives it away though :)
August 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM
This geometrid caterpillar looks so much as a twig that even iNaturalist's amazing AI identified it as a Fraxinus (ash) species! A different angle gives it away though :)
August is the month of Ennomos thorns: August, Canary-shouldered, September and this one - Dusky Thorn, our most common and linked to the local Ash trees.
Ennomos: from an orderly taxonomic position. It’s a solid geometrid.
fuscantaria: from the Latin for becoming dusky or darker.
#mothsmatter
Ennomos: from an orderly taxonomic position. It’s a solid geometrid.
fuscantaria: from the Latin for becoming dusky or darker.
#mothsmatter
August 7, 2026 at 11:57 AM
August is the month of Ennomos thorns: August, Canary-shouldered, September and this one - Dusky Thorn, our most common and linked to the local Ash trees.
Ennomos: from an orderly taxonomic position. It’s a solid geometrid.
fuscantaria: from the Latin for becoming dusky or darker.
#mothsmatter
Ennomos: from an orderly taxonomic position. It’s a solid geometrid.
fuscantaria: from the Latin for becoming dusky or darker.
#mothsmatter
Not sure which species of Geometrid moth this little fella is but it was very active on Water Pepper. Wouldn’t have thought the leaves were easily palatable
August 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Not sure which species of Geometrid moth this little fella is but it was very active on Water Pepper. Wouldn’t have thought the leaves were easily palatable
Good Monday morning. It's now 6:48 a.m., 66°F, with a gray overcast sky.
My daily post today, from my "Moths" phone files is a single photo of Dyspteris abortivaria, or the Bad-wing that is a species of geometrid moth.
My daily post today, from my "Moths" phone files is a single photo of Dyspteris abortivaria, or the Bad-wing that is a species of geometrid moth.
August 3, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Good Monday morning. It's now 6:48 a.m., 66°F, with a gray overcast sky.
My daily post today, from my "Moths" phone files is a single photo of Dyspteris abortivaria, or the Bad-wing that is a species of geometrid moth.
My daily post today, from my "Moths" phone files is a single photo of Dyspteris abortivaria, or the Bad-wing that is a species of geometrid moth.
and some night friends
August 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM
and some night friends
Until recently, only two specimens of Axiodes insciata — an emerald-green geometrid moth — existed in the world, both collected in 1875 and held at the Natural History Museum in London.
July 21, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Until recently, only two specimens of Axiodes insciata — an emerald-green geometrid moth — existed in the world, both collected in 1875 and held at the Natural History Museum in London.
Happy #MothMonday / #MacroMonday. Here is a Brown Shaded Gray, Iridopsis defectaria I found at work yesterday.
#Moths
#Insects
#MacroPhotography
#ECk
#Moths
#Insects
#MacroPhotography
#ECk
July 20, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Happy #MothMonday / #MacroMonday. Here is a Brown Shaded Gray, Iridopsis defectaria I found at work yesterday.
#Moths
#Insects
#MacroPhotography
#ECk
#Moths
#Insects
#MacroPhotography
#ECk
Ooh I think it’s a Wavy Lined Emerald Moth caterpillar! I also saw one of these guys on a Black-Eyed Susan a couple summers back and did a bananas amount of research www.minnesotaseasons.com/Insects/wavy... They stick parts of flowers to their bodies as camouflage. So cool!
Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata) — Minnesota Seasons
Wavy-lined emerald is a small geometrid moth with pale green wings crossed by wavy white lines, distinct for its caterpillars camouflaging with flower petals.
www.minnesotaseasons.com
July 19, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Ooh I think it’s a Wavy Lined Emerald Moth caterpillar! I also saw one of these guys on a Black-Eyed Susan a couple summers back and did a bananas amount of research www.minnesotaseasons.com/Insects/wavy... They stick parts of flowers to their bodies as camouflage. So cool!
Perhaps this or similar?
Wavy-lined Emerald (Synchlora aerata) — Minnesota Seasons
Wavy-lined emerald is a small geometrid moth with pale green wings crossed by wavy white lines, distinct for its caterpillars camouflaging with flower petals.
www.minnesotaseasons.com
July 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Perhaps this or similar?
6 years ago we had a listening party for The Geometrid by Looper. You can replay the listening party (no_324) here:
Looper
The Geometrid
timstwitterlisteningparty.com
July 15, 2026 at 8:34 AM
6 years ago we had a listening party for The Geometrid by Looper. You can replay the listening party (no_324) here: