Everyone has a favourite moth, right? No? Well, I'm shocked. I do, and so does Vinomaker. Whilst Vinomaker is quite partial to the Polyphemus moth (Antherea polyphemus), I like something a little more moth-sized...not bread plate-sized. The Plume moth (Hellinsia homodactyla), or T-shaped moth as I usually call it, is just so funny looking that I can't help but like it. These moths spend their time, quite happy it seems, amongst my potted herbs and annuals, until I disturb them by giving them an unsolicited daily shower. This particular moth temporarily removed itself to a nearby hydrangea and waited, patiently, until I was finished watering. Vinoland is such a diverse, happy place.
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Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing. C.G. Rossetti.
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I must admit that you finally found a subject about which I have never given a thought, except for the family of moths that attempted to eat my Persian carpet.
Other than ants, bees and flutterbys if it flys or crawls I want it dead.
Thomas: Sometimes, methinks I think too much!
Thud: And to think once you wanted to be a zoologist.
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