Insects and Spiders

4 Climbed Up Brick

It didn't like the position I had the brick in and climbed up the side to be vertical again. These moths will not eat any but will use their entire short adult life to find a mate then the female lays eggs, rips off her scales to put on the eggs and dies shortly afterwards. The females emit a powerful phermone (scent) to attract a male.
Large Tolype Moth (Tolype velleda)

Tolype velledaLarge Tolypenew species for megarland texasclose upinsectbugnot a pollinatorbrickmothlarge tolype mothnewly emergedfuzzyhairyblack scalesmacro