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The Venezuelan poodle moth is a beautiful animal. There was an article back in 2012 in #TheAtlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2012/08/venezuelan-poodle-moth-internets-favorite-real-life-pokemon-tk/324111/ that traced the story and found out that it was real and not an internet fake.

The source of the photo for the Venezuelan poodle moth: https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/4207478815/in/album-72157603542118616/

That album by Arthur Anker contains many more photos of extraordinary neotropical moths https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/albums/72157603542118616/with/3947813697/ plus a few other insects.

The photos are simply out of this world. Here are a couple of my favourites:

Amastus epicostosia - aposematic tiger moth https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/257883479/in/album-72157603542118616/

"Bolognese caterpillar" of a moth (Megalopyge sp.) from Ecuador https://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/504052852/in/album-72157603542118616/

Photos by Arthur Anker.

#moths #Lepidoptera #insects #entomology #PoodleMoth #ArthurAnker #caterpillar
Amastus epicostosia - aposematic tiger moth. Seen in profile on a rock with some moss, the moth has a bright red dorsal side of the abdomen with a few white circles lined by a black line. The thorax has a white and a black line running parallel to each other. Antennae and legs are dark, nearly black. To the top left there's an insect from dorsal view.
"Bolognese caterpillar" of a moth (Megalopyge sp) from Ecuador. Shows a very woolly caterpillar with a yellow long mane in the anterior segments and white fur-like cover of all other segments, laying on a leaf.

Venezuelan Poodle Moth Is the Internet's Favorite Pet This Week

A fuzzy animal that's equal parts adorable and terrifying has taken the Internet by storm. It's called the Venezuelan Poodle Moth and for the love of all that is holy we hope that it's real.
Alexander Abad-Santos (The Atlantic)
#theatlantic #caterpillar #insects #moths #arthuranker #poodlemoth #entomology #lepidoptera

Mammals: 6400 species
Fish: 34000 species
Insects: 5000000+ species

The sheer scale of insect diversity is such that you’ll never run out of marvels and delightful oddities, even if you see 100 new ones per day for the rest of your life.

This is a stalk-eyed fly from South Africa.

#Biology #Insects #Diptera
#diptera #insects #biology

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