This glorious creature has been hanging on my front door for the last week. Every day, when I go out of my home to go to work, he's there.
At eye-level, completely still, motionless, ethereally beautiful.
Little antennae, like miniature feathers...
I am stunned that he remains on my front door, day after day after day.
My neighbour says he's clinging to the warm spots on the house, the areas that are in sunshine most of the day.
I have no clue what kind of moth he is, nor what he's doing here.
What I do know is that I feel especially blessed that he's graced my home with his presence.
Look at the fur on his back.
He's just amazing to me.
Am I a little over-the-top about a moth?
A simple moth?
I don't know how long he'll stick around.
I hope he's here for a long while, but if he needs to leave and morph into another form, then so be it.
A lovely creature, indeed...
"Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, as a moth brushes a window with its wing.”
~ Christopher Fry
Comments (8)
He looks very similar to one I saw in the Sierra Nevadas when I was camping several years ago. It hissed at us!
Still he is quite beautiful.
Posted by kendall | June 18, 2009 8:51 AM
Posted on June 18, 2009 08:51
Thanks for stopping by, Kendall!
He is truly amazing...I cannot imagine seeing one that hissed at you! Yowzers!
Posted by Brenda | June 18, 2009 11:33 AM
Posted on June 18, 2009 11:33
A beautiful moth, and what a light visitor too.
Posted by candi | June 18, 2009 11:56 AM
Posted on June 18, 2009 11:56
:-) You are so right, Candi!
I hope he stays for awhile...
Posted by Brenda | June 18, 2009 11:59 AM
Posted on June 18, 2009 11:59
Oops. I take that back. It is a silk moth but not that one. I went out to the U of A site and there is a species that *does* occur in your area. It is more maroon like your guy. Hyalophora columbia gloveri
http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?s=267
He is so cool I love moths. We had sphinx moths where I grew up. They were smaller and not as beautiful as him.
Posted by Marta | June 18, 2009 12:27 PM
Posted on June 18, 2009 12:27
Marta!
Thanks for the ID of my little friend. He's pretty stunning. He's about 1 1/2" from front to back and a wingspan of approximately 3".
Huge. And pretty-pretty!
Posted by Brenda | June 18, 2009 11:51 PM
Posted on June 18, 2009 23:51
He’s quite gorgeous. Is he still gracing your front door?
Posted by María I. | June 22, 2009 11:45 AM
Posted on June 22, 2009 11:45
Hi Brenda, I saw a moth just like him at the Butterfly house at the Museum of Life and Science here in NC. The sign at the museum said that they sleep all day and only fly and feed at night. Beautiful creature!
Posted by Annie | June 29, 2009 12:18 PM
Posted on June 29, 2009 12:18