Daily Photo Adventure, Number 1: Giant Moth and Rebel Dog Action
We had a near crisis today. Last night there was a dragonfly stuck in the house, namely the kitchen. Just before I went to bed I got some very good close up shots of it, so good that I scrolled through them on the screen on the camera before shutting it off and going to bed. This morning, John took some photos of this moth, although he didn't get up close and personal like I did for the shots in this post. The moths here are just as beautiful as the butterflies often enough, they're just a bit more annoying cause they love my kitchen.
Anyway, the card on the camera malfunctioned in a way that made it seem like at first the whole camera was toast. We decided to buy a new card and it worked, good thing because we didn't want to have to spend a lot on a new camera.
This moth has a 3 inch wingspan easy, probably more, as a heads up.
I also caught some shots of Rebel, seemingly interested in something under the table.
So he got down there and really figured it out. There was nothing.
He was thorough, but still came out with nothing, to the sound of a pretzel bag crinkling.
In the background you can see a tequila dog, coming out having heard the same sound and the click of Rebel's feet
Standing at attention, ready to munch.
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Rebel looks awesome :)
He is, most of the time. He gets a bit crazy if you don't cuddle him.
What a great moth! It looks like one of the Silk-moths, Hyalophora. In Michigan, you might have known one, the Cecropia moth - the largest moth of North America. You can tell it's a male from its feathery antenna that sense the pheromones of the females. They don't have anything but those females on their mind -- they don't even have any mouthparts to eat.
Wow, maybe its a similar deal with this one. It spent all day in the house with it's wings spread out like that, literally turning itself like a solar panel towards the light. It's gone now, but it was there until at least midnight.
It's so neat that you got good pictures of it! If you ever go to a place with bright lights at night, I bet you would see so many cool moths! Or even if you hung up a sheet and shined a bright light on that for a few hours on a warm, humid night. You probably have so many cool moths in your jungle!