This topic reminds me of moving a Luna Moth from the path my dogs take to get
in and out of my porch door one day, a few Mays back.  I picked it up,
admired it for a spell, and then put it on a maple tree.  It didn't take, and I
watched this gorgeous green ghost go floating off into the spring-green woods
around my house.  It was somewhat magical, the spectrum of greens, watching this
moth stumbling about through the trees.  I was jolted from this very serene
moment by a little greenish flycatcher hitting this moth hard, dislodging a pair
of hindwings.  The Acadian took the green snack to a thin branch a few feet
away, where it choked down the entire body of the moth, sending the other two
wings floating to the ground below.

Often I find moth wings around my house, either products of birds or bats.
For whatever reason, when they're the wings of the bigger and prettier moths,
well it just is a bit more unsettling, for no good reason.

Cheers,

Todd

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Todd Michael Day
Jeffersonton, Virginia, USA
Culpeper County

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