Comments on: Wings of a warm week http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:31:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: themarvelousinnature http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/#comment-408 themarvelousinnature Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:28:08 +0000 http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-408 Good question, Lavenderbay... I actually put them all on the top of the statue's head as I was done photographing them, and some of them moved off, and some didn't. The Lettered Sphinxes seems particularly indifferent, it spent the whole day perched on the racoon's ear, even after the other moths had all left. Good question, Lavenderbay… I actually put them all on the top of the statue’s head as I was done photographing them, and some of them moved off, and some didn’t. The Lettered Sphinxes seems particularly indifferent, it spent the whole day perched on the racoon’s ear, even after the other moths had all left.

]]> By: lavenderbay http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/#comment-396 lavenderbay Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:33:01 +0000 http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-396 I'm intrigued at the way the moths all seem to be picking the places on the statue that best camouflage each one. The striped ones have lined up their stripes, the dark ones have picked the more shadowed areas, and that pale one in the sunshine is almost invisible. How do they know? I’m intrigued at the way the moths all seem to be picking the places on the statue that best camouflage each one. The striped ones have lined up their stripes, the dark ones have picked the more shadowed areas, and that pale one in the sunshine is almost invisible. How do they know?

]]> By: themarvelousinnature http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/#comment-391 themarvelousinnature Mon, 28 Apr 2008 02:47:37 +0000 http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-391 TheAgedCat: Well, fortunately there's only a handful of moth species that have any interest in textiles, and even then it's just their larvae - the rest you can enjoy without fear. :) That was one of the things that drew me to moths, too, Eyegillian - the incredible diversity. I don't think a lot of people have really paid much attention to moths. There's the pretty green Luna Moth that you see in commercials and such, but other than that most people probably think of them as being small, pale critters. But really they're very varied and colourful. Thanks, April. I assume that "The Joker" is an adaptation of it's scientific name, F. jocosa (it's also sometimes called Jocose Sallow, but "The Joker" just has so much more character). TheAgedCat: Well, fortunately there’s only a handful of moth species that have any interest in textiles, and even then it’s just their larvae - the rest you can enjoy without fear. :)

That was one of the things that drew me to moths, too, Eyegillian - the incredible diversity. I don’t think a lot of people have really paid much attention to moths. There’s the pretty green Luna Moth that you see in commercials and such, but other than that most people probably think of them as being small, pale critters. But really they’re very varied and colourful.

Thanks, April. I assume that “The Joker” is an adaptation of it’s scientific name, F. jocosa (it’s also sometimes called Jocose Sallow, but “The Joker” just has so much more character).

]]> By: April http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/#comment-390 April Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:07:01 +0000 http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-390 What a wonderful in-depth article on Moths! Amazing number of species! The Joker moth is beautiful - an interesting name. What a wonderful in-depth article on Moths! Amazing number of species! The Joker moth is beautiful - an interesting name.

]]> By: eyegillian http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/#comment-389 eyegillian Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:13:01 +0000 http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-389 These moths are incredible -- what an amazing variety -- and your photos are fabulous, too. I've never really looked that closely at moths, but now I really would love to see a "Grote's Sallow" or that curly-tailed Lettered Sphinx up close. Neat stuff. These moths are incredible — what an amazing variety — and your photos are fabulous, too. I’ve never really looked that closely at moths, but now I really would love to see a “Grote’s Sallow” or that curly-tailed Lettered Sphinx up close. Neat stuff.

]]> By: TheAgedCat http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/wings-of-a-warm-week/#comment-381 TheAgedCat Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:58:51 +0000 http://themarvelousinnature.wordpress.com/?p=92#comment-381 Fantastic! I started knitting a few years ago and have adopted the fear of moths in general that wool hoarders tend to have. But I used to love moths, and your photos remind me of how beautiful moths they can be. Fantastic! I started knitting a few years ago and have adopted the fear of moths in general that wool hoarders tend to have. But I used to love moths, and your photos remind me of how beautiful moths they can be.

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