Day 26 - Moth week is upon us

The night of July 22nd  Chennai



My balcony has a white wall and a white light.  It serves as my moth screen  - attracting these night time fliers. Last night I saw an unusual white one - Palpita, a snout moth and another Teak Defoliator that probably was mothered on the teak trees in the neighbour's garden.

Moths are cool.  They were there before butterflies
Quite beautiful.
And mysterious - we know so little.

So, dont be afraid, they do no harm
and maybe you will find that one astonishing beauty


I turn off the balcony  lights when I go to bed - so that I do not make them moths into lizard food, and also allow them to move on.

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