This one's for you and the jewel box, @mothyblackburn.bsky.social! Pink-shaded fern moth, Callopistria mollissima, visiting our screen porch. Our yard has abundant ostrich fern and several other ferns, so this is likely a local.
Sure, some birds are pretty, but LOOK AT THIS GUY.
Only because your book reminded me to look closely at moths, and for this one it really paid off! (And since it's a North American species, it's one you won't see in your own traps)
Which is a deeper question than it seems at first blush, right? Since they're mostly nocturnal and find mates by pheromones. "Camouflage" only gets you so far. What do you think?
