For the last couple of years, these Giant Leopard Moths have been hanging around my back porch door. I have actually been seeing several varieties but these are the most eye catching and are quickly becoming the most plentiful. I counted twelve one morning last week- including two that were enormous and a few not much bigger than a quarter.
Moths are not my area of expertise but I always stop to say hi and to admire them. They add character and interest to my day!
There was one of those on our back porch one year. It was so pretty!!
It’s always a treat finding them!
Quite lovely! Moths are underrated. I’ve found some real beauties. Lately we’ve have some of the largest sphinx moths I’ve ever seen – rivaling the hummingbirds in size. Found a caterpillar on a hike that turns out to be a type of sphinx moth.
Wow. That is a big moth! It’s exciting finding caterpillars and figuring out what they will be.
Oh! Isn’t it lovely?????? I wish I wasn’t such a scaredy cat around bugs. We probably have all kinds of pretty moths but I’ll be danged if I’m going out there with all those cicadas and flying beetles and things.
They won’t hurt you!!!