Wednesday, August 17, 2016

beautiful moth (Ateva aurea)

A few days ago, I was passing by Granny's Garden, a wonderful school garden, and the gorgeous bright Summer-colored flowers were calling to me.  So I stopped to wander among those lovely flowers and vegetables.  I peered in closer.  On a celosia flower, I spotted this pretty-patterned creature I thought was a beetle.  turns out, it's a moth!

Ateva aurea, is an ermine webworm moth from the family Yponomeutidae (means "feeding secretly").

LINKS:
MORE about this moth--Butterflies and Moths of North America (A. aurea is found from the eastern to the midwest USA and dips into Canada and Mexico.)
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This week's challenge is the letter F.  F is for flying.




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12 comments:

  1. Very cool! I never would have guessed "moth" from looking at it.

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  2. how wonderful.... at the right time at the right place you were to capture this magnificent sight.

    Have a nice ABC-W-day / – week
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  3. We surely don't have moths that look like that here in NY!!! Beautiful colors.

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  4. Feeding secretly....mmmm, interesting photo.
    JM, IL

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  5. Fantastic find and great photo capture!

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  6. Love the colors in your photo. I sometimes feed secretly, too!

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  7. What a cool pattern! He definitely looks different with his wings all closed up.

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  8. Stunning! Especially on the pink flower!

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  9. Looks like a caterpillar! We don't have moths out here let alone beautiful ones like that!

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  10. Prettiest moth I've ever seen. Great capture!

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  11. Amazing photo. The first time I ever saw one of those in flight I thought it was a butterfly. Their wings patterns are really cool.

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