pull down to refresh

It's Luna Moth Season
2025 sats \ 5 comments \ @PictureRoom 11 Apr Animal_World
Found this lady the other day. It'll be a nice addition to my ongoing butterfly / insect collection.
I leave the moths / butterflies in a small netted cage to naturally die in. The luna moths do not eat, so they last but only a few days. Some of the larger swallowtails live up to quite some time but I take them out and let them fly around my room sometimes.
write
preview
related posts
121 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 11 Apr
I have only seen one Luna moth in my life. It perched near the back door of our house. It was breathtakingly beautiful.
reply
128 sats \ 0 replies \ @PictureRoom OP 11 Apr
Ahh wow, I see them maybe once a week in front of my house during the summer. I feel fortunate to see such beauty
reply
0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 11 Apr
How do you preserve them?
reply
100 sats \ 1 reply \ @PictureRoom OP 11 Apr
Once they're dried and set after pinning them I simply put them in a shadowbox frame. Keep it out of the sun, and they seem to last a good amount of time. I'll make a video of me pinning this one when it passes.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @flat24 11 Apr
Amazing, he had always had that curiosity, how they did to preserve butterflies in this type of exhibition.
reply