A few weeks ago, we were fortunate to be visited by a Cecropia moth (Hyalophora cecropia). It found its way through an open window in a beautiful, sunny, three-bedroom house that my husband designed and is building nearby. He gently captured the moth and brought it for us to see. Cecropias are silkworm moths and are the largest moths in North America. This moth had a wingspan of 6 inches and looked gigantic perched quietly on my daughter's hip. Cecropias are in the Saturniidae family, and you can just picture stars and planets on its graceful wings.
As the sky turned duskier, the Cecropia moth started to perk up, since it is nocturnal. As we released it, we were so surprised how fast it flew. It rapidly shot up quite high into the sky and looked like a dark evening bird flapping strongly above the trees. We waved sweet goodbyes to our friend.
4 comments:
This is great! Love those little flying critters of all varieties, especially the 2-legged kind!
Watch out that Aven doesn't go on a trip to the moon with her new friend!
Just beautiful!
Gorgeous, I've never seen a butterfly or moth that fantabulous in person.
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