Jaci Dawn

This pale brown moth found its way into my home this past week. I’ve seen them before: one or two, lost in the house. The outer wings are almost gossamer, the scales so pale and dusty.

I can identify a butterfly or at least classify which family it falls under, but moths are entirely different creatures. I suspect this one is not a beneficial moth, but a wool-eating caterpillar moth.

Still, its beauty is fragile and it brought me a little joy to find it resting on the porcelain of the bathtub. Clearly, insects are not everyone’s cup of tea (why does that sound like a mixed metaphor? Would you drink a cup of tea with a moth in it?)

It has been moved to the great out doors where it can camouflage itself against the bark of a tree, emit pheromones and, with luck, find a suitable mate.

And, yes, I photo-shopped the pictures so you could not see the dog hairs clinging to the porcelain. Really. It was hard enough for me to take when I looked at the photos and you want me to share the dog hair with you? I do not think so.

I hope this post made you smile, brightened someone’s day, and – if you know what kind of moth it is, let me know!