Yesterday on our morning walk,
Lulu and I heard the flapping of wings.
We thought it was an injured bird.
It was certainly big enough.
It was a giant silkworm moth with a torn wing.
Polyphemus moths are in the same family as the luna moth.
A beautiful, rusty brown specimen.
They only live for one week.
Nature can be so cruel.
it is like a pinprick to my heart to see these pictures. we had a lunar moth park itself on our porch for the duration of its life. i took it as great sign of luck. beautiful creatures. thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLaura, it was a tragic. Poor little creature. I feel lucky to have found it, though.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful. How sad. Nature is so often this way.
ReplyDeleteJean, so true. Thank you for stopping in.
ReplyDelete:( must be very impressive to see a buterfly that big suffering and dying... so beautiful and so ephemeral.
ReplyDeleteIt's a male for sure and I think it's a Saturnidae... i think.
Hi Maldito! so glad you stopped in with more information! I tried to identify it. There are so many moths in that family, that I can't be sure. it was at least six inches and had beautiful, wide, fern-like antannae, the "eyes" were black and small.
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