Matt and I found one of these yesterday because we are vacationing in a Miyazaki film. (The set, if you’re curious, is at the foot of the Adirondacks’ Whiteface Mountain.) This divine creature spends its youth in maple canopies before transforming into an ephemeral adulthood, consisting of fluttering about, sending and receiving pheromones, coupling late in the evening, and returning to the maples to give way to a new generation of rosies.
Coming soon (truly): a butterfly story. Happy 4th!
Edit: My friend Evan wrote on facebook that this creature looks like it flew through a Marshmallow Peep. He then added that “this is like if Michaels craft store was hijacked by aliens.” Indeed. Add your own descriptions and hypotheses on the creation myth of this creature below!
Photo credit: The delightful tumblr of ceruleanpineapple.
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Clearly this creature never concerns itself with color matching, choosing instead to be as garish as possible. I’m all for this particular oblivion to arbitrary trends. Great picture!
Indeed! I’ve never seen such an enticing moth. When I first found it I could only think of a pompom head and sherbet. Later I learned that one (fairly legitimate) website refers to the little guy as simply “the sherbet moth.” Hee! Thanks a lot for visiting and commenting.
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