APPX 4.5”X9.25” STAINED GLASS, COPPER FOIL, WIRE DETAILING, STAINLESS STEEL CHAIN
SPECIES: MORS NOCTURNA VIRIDIS
COMMON NAME: THE GREEN DEATH OF THE NIGHT
HABITAT: DENSE FUNGAL GROVES AND OVERGROWN RUINS. YOU WILL FIND THEIR COCOONS IN DEEP WOODED OR MOSSY AREAS.
THE COCOONS IN MOTHIFORNIA HAVE BEEN ABUNDANT THIS YEAR, WITH A PLENTY OF NEW VARIETIES EMERGING EVERY WEEK. THE VIRIDIS RARELY FLIES FAR FROM ITS NESTING GROUNDS BUT LARGE GROUPS WILL OFTEN GATHER NEAR DECAYING LANDMARKS. WHEN THREATENED, THE MOTH WILL SHED GLOW IN THE DARK GREEN SCALES THAT CLING TO CLOTHING AND SKIN BUT IT IS HARMLESS OUTSIDE OF SOME SPORE GROWTH WHERE IT LANDS.
APPX 4.5”X9.25” STAINED GLASS, COPPER FOIL, WIRE DETAILING, STAINLESS STEEL CHAIN
SPECIES: MORS NOCTURNA VIRIDIS
COMMON NAME: THE GREEN DEATH OF THE NIGHT
HABITAT: DENSE FUNGAL GROVES AND OVERGROWN RUINS. YOU WILL FIND THEIR COCOONS IN DEEP WOODED OR MOSSY AREAS.
THE COCOONS IN MOTHIFORNIA HAVE BEEN ABUNDANT THIS YEAR, WITH A PLENTY OF NEW VARIETIES EMERGING EVERY WEEK. THE VIRIDIS RARELY FLIES FAR FROM ITS NESTING GROUNDS BUT LARGE GROUPS WILL OFTEN GATHER NEAR DECAYING LANDMARKS. WHEN THREATENED, THE MOTH WILL SHED GLOW IN THE DARK GREEN SCALES THAT CLING TO CLOTHING AND SKIN BUT IT IS HARMLESS OUTSIDE OF SOME SPORE GROWTH WHERE IT LANDS.
