Tag: moths
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Mothing, Part 2
Look closely. The beautiful may be small. ~Immanuel Kant The last post had some recognizable moths, some big ones, some brightly colored ones. But countless moths are frustratingly small (when you are trying to identify them), and many are, at least at first glance, LBT’s (little brown things). But the magic of a macro lens Read more…
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Mothing, Part 1
…to understand something of the wonders of a world which becomes the more wonderful the more we know of it. ~W.J. Holland, in The Moth Book, 1903 I set out my moth light for two nights a little over a week ago to see what species might drop by here at the house. Melissa and Read more…
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Mountain Mothing
It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning. ~ Vincent van Gogh If Van Gogh is correct, then I am ripe and have found deeper meaning, at least as far as mothing is concerned. On the final night of National Moth Week, 2015, I set Read more…
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Mothing
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ~Vincent Van Gogh This week is National Moth Week, an annual celebration of the incredibly diverse and beautiful world of moths. Wednesday was a busy day out in the yard, testing some different diffusion materials for my twin lites Read more…
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Patterns on the Pages
In Nature’s infinite book of secrecy A little I can read. ~William Shakespeare I can read only a little, especially in the chapter on a new found interest, moths. They keep showing up (of course, I keep looking). I now have a routine of checking the screens before retiring for the night to see what Read more…
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