I just saw one of these guys the other week. It’s adorable. Until it freaks out in it’s unholy moth freakout.

Its a rosy mapple moth

Fluttermoth: the return!

@PonyPon  
The wasps usually used for that are often bred to reduce stinger size and venom potency. Besides, they’re nowhere near as bad as the caterpillars for anyone trying to grow tobacco or tomatoes. The only thing the tobacco hornworm is good for is as a laboratory test animal.

@DashVader  
But then you’re stuck with a bunch of wasps.

@Background Pony #4222  
Adult moths aren’t unless you encounter a particularly large number of them and they start swarming around you. Some of the bigger ones can also be rather annoying by flying into window screens and making loud thwop noises. The caterpillars, however, can be quite destructive. Some of the most infamous of these are the tomato and tobacco hornworms. The adults are fairly ordinary, if rather large, brown moths. The caterpillars will wreak complete havoc on any plants they find, particularly, as the name suggests, tomatoes and tobacco. They’re named because the caterpillars have enormous spike thingies on them and they devour tomato and tobacco leaves. Methods of controlling them include bringing in wasps to lay eggs on them, paralyzing them in the process.

@Mattatatta  
Do you live in the US now?

When I first visited the US, we were greeted by a GIANT MOTH. It was the size of my hand! And we were all kinda scared of the implications that had for insects in general.
 
Five years later, and the only thing that frightens me is the sight of black widows, brown recluses, and scorpions. I’m yet to encounter the many snakes, and I’d rather it stay that way.
 
But still, having a harmless, if rather large, bug practically forewarn us of the others was nice in hindsight

It’s so cute!

it’s funny cause that’s the moths actual color.

Moths are cute.

Also known as the Rosy maple moth.

Aw yes, the Hyparpax aurora if that’s correct.

This is a legit photo, I have seen dozens of images of this moth.

Fluttermoth is best moth

Too bad the adults of that moth species have no mouths and cannot feed. They only live a few days.

My sister told me she heard a hummingbird’s voice, so I asked her “How does it feel to be Fluttershy”

For some reason, I found moths to be really cute all of my life.

@gg666  
giant moth? Those a fingers behind it, that thing is tiny!
 
anyway, if only those colors were swapped, it really would be fluttermoth. It’s even got that mane looking thing going on!

Not a problem, unless you’re a maple tree at the time this little fella was a caterpillar.
 
Also, ‘Captured females will oviposit in paper bags’

HEY, GLAZE

I find it really cute :3

I WANT TO TOUCH IT!