This year I have been very fortunate to see many moths around the place where I live ( and often before they died). Sadly if moths are attracted by the light at night and can’t leave the room, you will find them either in a bad state or just lifeless the following day. That’s exactly the case with that lovely bright yellow colour moth above. I did try to help it out but perhaps its time had come.
The first time I saw it it was here :
I know, what a terrible place to hide; it is the fridge door ! I managed to convince it to leave that area as I didn’t want to squash it but it flew away from my reach to coax it out.
When I first saw it I initially thought it was a butterfly but after taking the photo and using the ‘lens’ I found it’s a brimstone moth.
Luckily this type of moth is not an endangered or rare species (yet), but I must confess I had never seen one like it.
Brimstone moths or Opisthograptis luteolata look like small butterflies because according to this website
The brimstone moth is a member of the more delicate, butterfly-like Geometridae family of moths: there are more than 300 Geometrids in the UK!
So, there's something special about the word geometrid. The site also tells you about other types of moths so I will be reading about them more because this year in particular I have found some other lifeless moths and would like to know what they are called.
Are you squeamish ? Let me show you my current little collection :
Sadly all now lifeless.
I don’t personally think it’s gruesome - aren't they beautiful ?
I have contemplated preserving them somehow. I have even found a very good video on tiktok where you can see someone putting a bumble bee in an alcohol solution to both preserve it, pin it, and display it later. The other option is to just give them back to nature.
Thank you for stopping by.