White Flannel Moth (Norape ovina) ♂

At a 395nm UV light setup at the edge of a dense mixed forest. Males of this species have orangish antennae.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful species, and excellent shot! Posted 6 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  Thank you! How can a moth be so cute and so elegant at once? Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Don't know, must be an evolutionary strategy. When a predator arrives and is about to take a bite, it will pause into a "D'awwwwwwwwww". Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Flown Kimmerling
      
      Lion
      
      Bahaha! That is too perfect!
      
      Although I don't think this strategy works on hornets. I have to shake my moth sheet before sunrise or they think I've set out the buffet for them. It is absolutely brutal. Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Spiders too! Posted 6 years ago
      2. Flown Kimmerling
        
        Lion
        
        Oh, and I just read that the species name "ovina" means: "of or like sheep"! I'm so amused right now! :D Posted 6 years ago

Christine Young

Lion

The spiked hair is too cute! Posted 6 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

OMG! Yes, is so cute! unbelievable how beauties like this exist! :-) Posted 5 years ago

The Norape ovina

''Norape ovina'', the white flannel moth, is a moth of the Megalopygidae family. In the United States, it is found from Washington, D.C. south to Florida, west to Montana and Texas. Its range extends further south through Mexico, Guatemala and Panama to Venezuela, Suriname and Bolivia.

This wingspan is 27–33 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May and from July to October. There are two per year in the north, likely more in south.

The stinging larvae feed.. more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling