Callopistria mollissima (Pink-shaded Fern Moth) in Residential Valdosta, Georgia; 24 March 2013

Amazing photography, and an amazing creature. Just wanted to share.

Published by Carol Ervin

Lindy Moone says:

April 10, 2013 at 3:41 am

This makes me want to reach out and gently stroke its fuzzy head. Is it just me… or do other folks, as they age, become more fond and appreciative of insects? (As long as they’re NOT crawling around in the kitchen cannisters, that is. Then it’s war.) Or are we just getting ourselves used to the idea… of worms?

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1. carolervin says:
  
  April 10, 2013 at 9:41 am
  
  I love that big eye. Or false eye.
  
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Lindy Moone says:

April 10, 2013 at 9:56 am

Just remembered a teenage encounter with a big, hairy moth. Riding my bike after dark, unlit country road. Singing at the top of my lungs was a bad idea, because when I whizzed under the first streetlight a moth got stuck halfway down my throat. Had to decide: cough it up in bits, or swallow it? I swallowed. Could have been worse: a bat. But I wouldn’t have lived to tell the tale. (What a way to go.)

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