This is a Luna Moth that I found one day while doing my barn chores, what a spectacular insect to see and rare to see it during day light hours! Luna moths are only active at night, we enjoyed this one and then let him alone until he was ready to leave.
A bit of Popular Culture
Children's author Eric Carle prominently featured a luna moth in his 1990 book, "The Very Quiet Cricket". In the story, a cricket is born who cannot talk. During the course of a sunny day, the cricket meets many other insects, but each time the tiny cricket rubs his wings together, no sound emerges. By the end of the day, the cricket is tired and frustrated at being unable to communicate with his fellow insects. At the height of his despair, "A luna moth sailed quietly into the night. And the cricket enjoyed the stillness. As the luna moth disappeared silently into the distance, the cricket saw another cricket. She, too was a very quiet cricket." The book ends with the quiet male cricket finally finding his voice and chirping "...the most beautiful sound she had ever heard." In the original Dr. Doolittle movie, the titular character flew away on a giant luna moth.
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