Flower Hill Farm Families of Moths 2014 inside and in the gardens, starting with the most majestic moths. Saturniidae Luna Moths and Cecropia Moths have an easy life of sleeping all day and then waking at dusk to fly out into layers of dark in search of mates. Sphingidae I confess to being a bit uncertain when holding this strangely beautiful sphinx moth. Erebidae A broad-winged wasp moth hiding her metalic blue body with her gray black … [Read more...] about Moths in the Gardens
Beauties of the Night ~ Cecropia Moth
Last September, a fellow Lepidoptera enthusiast, Tor, had given me a remarkable gift. Several twigs with Cecropia Moth cocoons attached. When I placed the leaf coated, brown silky cocoons all together in a pewter pitcher, I had a uniquely created cocoon bouquet. Most bouquets quietly die over days or weeks but not this one. Set in a cool, dry, and dark front hall, the Cecropia cocoon bouquet quietly stayed alive . . . in wait for spring along with the humans that shared the old farmhouse. It … [Read more...] about Beauties of the Night ~ Cecropia Moth
