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Probably Light Crimson Underwing moth isolated on white background

Atlas Moth - the largest moth in the world.Taken in the serene island of Pulau Ubin of Singapore.Reference: www.naturia.per.sg/buloh/inverts/atlas_moth.htm

$The poplar grey (Acronicta megacephala) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe.\nBiology:\nThis moth flies at night from May to August and is attracted to light and sugar. \nThe hairy larva is grey with black and red markings and a white patch towards the rear. It feeds on poplars and willows and sometimes on grey alder. The species overwinters as a pupa (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

$Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini) two adults, showing colour variation\n\nEccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. September$

Camouflaged while perched on tree bark, a wild waved sphinx moth stays hidden during the day in Littleton, Colorado.

A French Red Underwing resting on wood of a shed, Austria

Small brown and white moth on a lemon leaf

The Penitent Underwing Moth (Catocala piatrix) on a white background

$The scarlet tiger moth (Callimorpha dominula, formerly Panaxia dominula) is a colorful moth belonging to the tiger moth subfamily, Arctiinae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. \nDescription:\nCallimorpha dominula has a wingspan of 45–55 millimeters. Adults of this species are quite variable in color. The forewings usually have a metallic-green sheen on the blackish areas, with white and yellow or orange markings. Hindwings are red with three large and irregular black markings. These moths may also occur in rare color forms, one with yellow hindwings and body and one with extended black on hindwings. The thorax is black glossed with green and shows two longitudinal short yellow stripes. The abdomen is black. The scarlet tiger moth has developed mouthparts, that allow it to feed on nectar. The caterpillars can reach a length of about 40 millimeters . They are dark gray with yellow stripes and small white dots.\nBiology:\nThe imagines are active during the day in May and June. This species has a single generation. The caterpillars are polyphagous. They mainly feed on comfrey (Symphytum officinale), but also on a number of other plants (Urtica, Cynoglossum, Fragaria, Fraxinus, Geranium, Lamium, Lonicera, Myosotis, Populus, Prunus, Ranunculus, Rubus, Salix and Ulmus species). \nDistribution and habitat:\nThis species is present in most of Europe and in the Near East (Turkey, South Caucasus and northern Iran). These moths prefer damp areas (wet meadows, river banks, fens and marshes), but they also can be found on rocky cliffs close to the sea (source Wikipedia).\n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

The Rosy underwing (Catocala electa), an European Moth isolated on white background

Taking a close look at a Polyphemus moth at night.

The red underwing (Catocala nupta) is a moth of the family Erebidae

Agrius cingulata, the pink-spotted hawkmoth or sweetpotato hornworm, is a moth in the family Sphingidae.

Blue underwing (Catocala fraxini) isolated on white background. Macro photo.

Abantiades is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 14 described species, all found exclusively in Australia.

$Clifden Nonpareil (Catocala fraxini) adult at rest on tree trunk with wings open\n\nEccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. September$

$Mormo maura, the old lady or black underwing, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, from north-western Africa through all over southern Europe. It reaches its northern border in the west in northern Ireland and central Scotland, in central Europe, in northern Germany and Poland. In some Nordic countries, there are single finds. \nDescription:\nThe wingspan is 55–65 mm. The length of the forewings is 30–36 mm. Forewing dull fuscous blackish, the median area usually darker; the paler ground colour being really ochreous grey, thickly dusted with fuscous; subbasal line double, forming two series of groups of black scales across basal area; inner and outer lines double, filled in with pale, both oblique basewards below vein 1; median vein and its branches pale; subcostal space with five black blotches above median area; orbicular stigma large, oblique, pale with dark dusting; reniform dark with pale outline, widened outwards on both sides below; submarginal line pale preceded by a dark fuscous shade, angled outwards above and below middle; apical area above vein 6 pale grey; hindwing dull fuscous, with a straight pale band beyond middle, followed by a broad black striata, subterminal border, outwardly edged by a pale submarginal line.\nBiology:\nThe moth flies in one generation from mid-June to mid-September. \nThe larva are pale ochreous, clouded with darker; dorsal and subdorsal lines whitish, irregular, with oblique pale darker-edged streaks between; spiracles reddish above a yellow line above the feet; on the 11th segment, there is a yellowish-white black-edged transverse stripe. The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants in the early stages (Salix, Alnus, Rumex, Senecio, Taraxacum) later it feeds on various deciduous trees and shrubs (source Wikipedia).$

Dark Crimson Underwing, Catocala sponsa, isolated on a white background. High quality photo

Red Underwing, Catocala nupta, moth, sitting on orange bumpy wall, image

Extrim macro of convolvulus hawk-moth front view

Close Up of a Dead Brown and Red Moth on White Background

$Drymonia obliterata, the indistinct marbled brown, is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor and Armenia. \nThe wingspan is 30–40 mm. The moth flies from May to July and in warmer regions also from August to September. \nThe larvae feed on Quercus, Fagus and Betula species. \n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

$Red Underwing (Catocala nupta) adult at rest on tree trunk\$

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