Was she hanging around in the same spot for hours? Fairly sure it’s female anyway, based on the small size of the antenna.

Normally I don't like moths but damn, that's quite a lovely looking moth you snapped📸✨

It's a Luna Moth 😍

PS: apparently male (ok, I'm not sure now from the antenna size) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_moth

'Lil fairy-ass insect

Y and Y for sure

I love luna moths

However, as I was scrolling, my brain made me think "why is there a picture of a moth on a word history community?"

Honestly I'd be happy with world history that involved more of this and less of (gestures at everything else)

I just found a Luna moth caterpillar the other day! Some wind must have knocked it out of the branches above.

Huh. My yard is grass and plants. Seems yours is painted bricks

It's a female. Here's a male I found in 23. The antenna are much wider.

I love Luna moths. Fun fact, they don't have any mouthparts or a digestive system. They do not eat during their adult phase. They usually live for just one week.

Because i love this kind of stupid joke. Here is the etymology of entomology

"the branch of zoology which treats of insects," 1764, from French entomologie (1764), coined from -logie "study of" (see -logy) + Greek entomon "insect," neuter of entomos "cut in pieces, cut up," in this case "having a notch or cut (at the waist)," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + temnein "to cut" (from PIE root *tem- "to cut").

Oh man! I finally saw one in person for the first time the other morning.

'Lil fairy ass-insect.

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