Woman Notices A Fancy Moth In Her Backyard, Turns Out It’s The Cosmoth
As summer’s approaching, more and more people are turning to the world outside. Especially after spending weeks and months at home during the lockdown. And while most people are finding the usual flora and fauna that you’d expect outside, some have come across more exciting specimens. Like digital director, author, and podcaster Rebecca Lavoie, who recently stumbled upon a colorful visitor.
On May 21, Lavoie shared a photo on her Twitter feed with a caption that read “This moth exists in nature and it’s ON MY DECK.” The image showed a beautiful yellow-and-pink moth that’s the complete opposite of the most common types we see around. When you think of the word “moth,” you usually picture a little grey fella that flies into the light at night. Not an exotic-looking being that looks like a ball of yellow cotton.
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Rebecca Lavoie documented the exciting adventure on her Twitter account
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Rebecca kept posting updates on the situation as more and more people showed interest and it wasn’t long before the tweet thread exploded, with her initial post getting 565K likes. A day later, Lavoie noticed another rosy moth just casually chilling with the first one (and it seemed like they were following the social distancing guidelines to a T).
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The moth that Rebecca came across outside her house is a rosy maple moth (sometimes called a Cosmoth) and for those bug nerds that like Latin—Dryocampa rubicunda. The moth species is local to North America and they are characterized by (you guessed it) their beautiful rose and yellow colors. As the name suggests, these moths like chilling in maple trees, so if you live in North America and near maple trees, you have a higher chance of coming across these beautiful creatures than the rest of us.
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This is a Rosy Maple Moth! I had it's cousin, the Pink Striped Oakworm Moth lay eggs that I'm raising!
Nature proves again that she is the best artist ever. Such beautiful creature.
I thought moths were gorgeous but this one takes the biscuit. I'm in love.
Second dark moth in feathers looks like it just got divorced second time.
the second species with darker wings is a spanish moss (Xanthopastis timaeus)
It's survival evolution. They have developed a camoflage for graffiti
I find at least two of these on my bathroom window every morning
So beautiful! It doesn't look real and it's amazing that it is. I had no idea that moths had such beautiful colors like this.. wow! So pretty :)
Its been said God never closes a door without opening a window. And while COVID19 closed doors, God brought theses beauties to windows. Keep the faith. I also heard we are never given more than we can handle.
When will God start protecting all kind of beauties on our planet and stop us - the most heinous, cruel creature on earth - from slaughtering all life on our planet - wild or domesticated??
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when I read "cosmoth" i just had to tell this riddle. plz don't look it up. 24 is 10, 10 is 3, 5 is 4, 4 is cosmos. why is 4 cosmos?
I tried and tried but could not work it out. And google could not help me. Hints please ?
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Very interesting, I had no idea, seeing some so pretty, now I am curious, I think I would do some research, a few years ago, out with my camera at a pond, some good shots that day, I saw a moth on a tree, it looked as though it was laying eggs, on the tree bark !!!
This is a Rosy Maple Moth! I had it's cousin, the Pink Striped Oakworm Moth lay eggs that I'm raising!
Nature proves again that she is the best artist ever. Such beautiful creature.
I thought moths were gorgeous but this one takes the biscuit. I'm in love.
Second dark moth in feathers looks like it just got divorced second time.
the second species with darker wings is a spanish moss (Xanthopastis timaeus)
It's survival evolution. They have developed a camoflage for graffiti
I find at least two of these on my bathroom window every morning
So beautiful! It doesn't look real and it's amazing that it is. I had no idea that moths had such beautiful colors like this.. wow! So pretty :)
Its been said God never closes a door without opening a window. And while COVID19 closed doors, God brought theses beauties to windows. Keep the faith. I also heard we are never given more than we can handle.
When will God start protecting all kind of beauties on our planet and stop us - the most heinous, cruel creature on earth - from slaughtering all life on our planet - wild or domesticated??
Load More Replies... when I read "cosmoth" i just had to tell this riddle. plz don't look it up. 24 is 10, 10 is 3, 5 is 4, 4 is cosmos. why is 4 cosmos?
I tried and tried but could not work it out. And google could not help me. Hints please ?
Load More Replies... Very interesting, I had no idea, seeing some so pretty, now I am curious, I think I would do some research, a few years ago, out with my camera at a pond, some good shots that day, I saw a moth on a tree, it looked as though it was laying eggs, on the tree bark !!!
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