discovery…
“Not quite birds, as they were not quite flowers, mysterious and fascinating as are all indeterminate creatures.”
-Elizabeth Goudge
Look who came to visit us in our tiny little garden!
As you can tell from the antennae, this is not a butterfly, but a moth. A Polyphemus moth, to be exact. He was huge and beautiful and FUZZY!
We see them in our yard from time to time, I think they live high up in our oak trees and rarely come down to play. The girls were thrilled and fascinated by their discovery. T even came back later with a magnifying glass to study this gorgeous creature a bit more closely.
This type of moth can’t eat once it reaches adulthood, so only lives for a week or so past it’s caterpillar stage. The ones we’ve seen always stay put for hours on end, so I suspect they’ve reached the end of their lives. Sad, but fantastic for the small ones who so rarely get a chance to see fluttering creatures close enough to get a good look.
Not everyone was as happy about our visitor as T and J were, however. . . Ro wasn’t sure quite what to make of it!
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Kelli said,
September 1, 2011 at 11:09 am
Love when insects and any other of God’s creatures give us the opportunity to view and learn. Thanks for the great lesson today.
Ki said,
September 1, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Hahahahaha! That’s ’cause Ro is a good, smart baby. She understands self-preservation very well. Story of her life!
Kendall said,
September 1, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Awesome!! That moth is huge…glad they got a chance to see it up close even if Ro was a bit…confused by it.
Gabriel Beach said,
September 1, 2011 at 11:34 pm
She’s about to SCREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Run! This one MIGHT not be fake!
FooFoo said,
September 2, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Oh, the bewildered Ro . . .
T seems to accept the fuzzy creature from the look on her face.
Bryna Scoccimarro said,
September 10, 2011 at 10:49 am
WOW! That is one BIG moth! I understand Ro’s trepidation… They kinda creep me out too.