Luna moth!
Aug. 14th, 2006 08:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jademermaidThis little lady showed up on Friday, but I only just now unloaded my camera. Turns out she is a female, because she has thinner antennae than a male would have. So, a female Luna moth shows up on the weekend of Diana's festival, and is still out there today, hanging on my screen. How perfect!
I hope she isn't going to die, apparently they lay their eggs about this time and then expire. They also lay their eggs on black walnut trees, of which I have several. On the other hand, I hope she found a mate and did lay eggs, they are so rare, I usually get to see one per year and that's it.
They are a lovely lime sherbert green that can't really be captured in photos, but at least I have pictures this time! Every time I see one I am amazed at how otherworldly they seem.
I hope she isn't going to die, apparently they lay their eggs about this time and then expire. They also lay their eggs on black walnut trees, of which I have several. On the other hand, I hope she found a mate and did lay eggs, they are so rare, I usually get to see one per year and that's it.
They are a lovely lime sherbert green that can't really be captured in photos, but at least I have pictures this time! Every time I see one I am amazed at how otherworldly they seem.
