No it’s not my new pet, and it is not a new rug, either … it is a moth which looks like it has a bull’s head. It is called the Pale Tussock Calliteara pudibunda, and they are very much attracted to light sources. The adults are sexually dimorphic, with the females being generally larger and plainer than the males.
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This creature isn’t like anything I’d have ever imagined! .. the crazy thing is that if I entirely ignore size, looking at it makes me think of a sloth with big wings! 😀
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Lol! It is quite a strange one … and I have come across even stranger things since and hope to share. Even after all these years nature is still surprising me! 🙂
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Wonderful! bring them on, these things that are stranger than strange 😀 Full of anticipation now!
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Wow, how incredible! ♦️🙏🏻
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Thank you!
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It’s quite amazing how one kind of animal is reflected into an insect.
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It is, Greta.
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I could have done with that last night to keep my feet warm! Congratulations on 5 years, good to see you back and hope you are well x
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Many thanks SusieQ! I hope things warm up for you soon there.
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The frontal shot really did make it look like something else 🙂 Good to see posts from you again.
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Thank you very much 🙂
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Awesome macro and details, Pete! Don’t try to cuddle the bug😀
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Ha ha! 🙂 Thank you, Indira!
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Wow that head on shot is quite something. At first I thought it was a sloth sprawled out on the ground. 🙂
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🙂 Thank you, David These moths are quite something, especially when viewed from a different perspective.
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My first thought was of a yak: probably because of all that shaggy furriness. What a creature! and how very (oddly) appealing!
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Actaully ‘yak’ seem quite apt, no you mention it! 🙂
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An odd one, Pete. Sure blends in well with its surroundings.
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I enjoy the way you bring another world to the fore for our pleasure and interest.
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Thank you, Anne 🙂 I enjoy finding things anew and learning about them.
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Tussock moths are cute and cuddly. Nice catch and shots, Pete.
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Thank you, Steve 🙂 It was a lovely find that morning.
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Love moths. So pretty.
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Thank you, Judi 🙂
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I was thinking it was one of the fuzzy spiders when I glimpsed your header image—very nice head on capture! No cuddling for either from me, although he is rather a beauty.
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Thank you, Ellen 🙂 They are quite oddballs in the moth kingdom, yet fascinating 🙂
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In the first image, the head almost looks like a bison or yak. What a bizarre (and fascinating) moth.
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Others have said the same, and it really does. They are quite bizarre, thank you 🙂
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Hard to believe it’s an insect .. it almost looks like it should be given a pat!
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Yes, indeed! They are docile, and a s where other moths will fly off, these will happily sit on the end of your finger 🙂
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