Monday Marvels Moths: Such Variety
Literary character Elnora Comstock might have gone out with a lantern to attract the Yellow Emperors she collected, but this looks more to me like it might be one of the many varieties of a sphinx moth. It sat patiently on my screen door while I came out to capture its image.
The beige and russet tones on its wings are much more suited for camouflage on some tree than on my aluminum door.
I don’t have room for physical collections or many photo albums now, but in digital form, I’ll keep this one around for a while.
Ruth DeMaat