Lepidoptera Tapestries

Lepidoptera

Watercolor illustration of a male Luna Moth (Actias luna).

Watercolor illustration of 100 moth species found in North America.

This madagascan sunset moth (latin name: Chrysiridia rhipheus) is hand drawn and painted by me with watercolor!

Trivia: The black and orange colors of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) warn predators that they are toxic.

these are all common Butterflies found in New England! This includes: Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail, Pipevine Swallowtail, Pearl Crescent, Common Buckeye, Question Mark, Eastern Comma, Mourning Cloak, Cabbage White, Orange Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur, Gray Hairstreak, Red Admiral, American Lady, Painted Lady, Common Checkered-Skipper, Silver-Spotted Skipper, and Monarch!

A realistic digital painting of beautiful scarlet and milky garden tiger moths with retro fifties-inspired retro daisies.

It's a very big moth

“Energy and motion made visible – memories arrested in space” ― Jackson Pollock http://www.artisticdyslexia.com/

Monarch butterfly illustration, hand-drawn with watercolor and ink

Inspired by a woodblock print in Kubo Shunman's "An Illustrated Collection of Butterflies," Japan, circa 1804-1818

"Ah, there he is! The man who floats like a lepidoptera and stings like a hymenoptera!" -Niles Crane

Watercolor illustration of a Comet Moth or Madagascan Moon Moth (Argema mittrei)

Embrace futuristic elegance with our 'Cybernetic Lepidoptera' tee, featuring a stunning robot butterfly design. This shirt seamlessly blends nature and technology in a unique fashion statement.

Watercolor pattern with hand painted Peacock pansy butterfly

Monarch Butterfly

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

Watercolor illustration of a African Death's Head Hawkmoth (Acherontia atropos).

distressed botanical butterflies design!

some magic wild life <3

Floral butterfly insect design for decoration, beautiful illustration and drawing of Lepidoptera butterfly with flowers.

Watercolor pattern with hand painted Peacock pansy butterfly

Seamless pattern design made of blue pansy butterflies

Butterfly resting on a flower

Support your local pollinators: moths! Check out the rest of my Native Biodiversity album for more.

Seamless pattern design made of blue pansy butterflies

The bodily fluids of this moth contain neurotoxin that may afflict potential predators that eat them.

Lepidoptera and Beyond

*Click upper image to enlarge 1003 Views Many thanks to Celeste & Colin for their assistance in helping to identify this insect! Related info re this insect: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_diffinis !http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.25445821.5892/papergc,441x415,w,ffffff.2u1.jpg! Featured in: - Individual Talent On Display - If It Moves, Shoot it! - Winged Insects - Bees, Butterflies, etc - Insects, Bugs & Creepy Crawlies - Tiny Creatures In Macro - Just Butterflies - _2nd Place, Made By Nature challenge (40 entries) - _Top Ten_, Winged Insects challenge (35 entries) - _Top Ten_, 3rd Place, Closeups In Nature challenge (39 entries) - _Top Ten_, Amazing Challenge Entertainment - _Top Ten_’, Just Butterfl...

Red and Black Butterfly. A beautiful butterfly I photographed at the butterfly garden at the Boston Museum of Science. <3

Hand- painted illustration of Junonia orithya- Blue Pansy butterfly

A kaleidoscope of Butterflies among the flowers on a perfect Spring day. Photography + Illustrator Drawing, Photoshop Painting & Digital Effects

Floral Butterfly