09/08/2026
🦋 Moths deserve way more credit. 🌙✨
Moths are more than just nighttime visitors. 🌌 Many species help pollinate flowers after dark 🌸, while moth caterpillars and adults provide an important food source for birds, bats, spiders, and other wildlife. 🐦🦇🕷️
They also play a key role in food webs 🌿, helping transfer energy from plants to the animals that depend on them. And with thousands of species sporting everything from bold colours 🎨 to incredible camouflage 👀, there’s a lot more going on after sunset than most people realize. 🌙
Meet a few of the species stealing the show: ✨
🦋 Ceanothus silk moth
🌿 California oak moth
🤍 White-lined sphinx
🐑 Western sheep moth
🐯 Vestal tiger moth
Which one is your favourite? 👇💚
