Rosy Maple Moths Are a Thing, and Twitter Is Freaking out Over Their Unreal Beauty

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“What an absolute strawberry-banana milkshake of a moth.”

Imagine stepping outside to find a creature you thought only existed in cartoons: a bright, fuzzy, pink and yellow winged thing. Journalist and podcast host Rebecca Lavoie recently discovered not one, but two rosy maple moths on her deck, and the internet can’t believe they’re real.

The magical, colorful insect is in fact real. Several other Twitter users even shared their own sightings. “I had one come visit me too, I named him Pink Lemonade,” one person shared. “Then I saw an identical one a few feet away and wondered if they were lovers.” Are all rosy maple moths so colorful? As you might guess, the rosy maple is known for their wooly body and vibrant hue, but according to the University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station, their color actually varies. Their bodies range from bright yellow to cream or white, and although their wings are typically pink, some are rosier than others. In fact, a subspecies called Alba exists only in Missouri, and they’re either all white or white with pink spots.

 

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