Moth Rescue

I went out the back door to empty the bin this morning, and on the door lintel was a lovely moth which had obviously just emerged from its winter cocoon.  I know some people don’t like them, but I think they are very beautiful.  This one had the most amazing patterns but its wings were still shivering and a bit crumpled.

To give it the best chance I could, I went and got some sugar in a teaspoon and dissolved it in a little water.  Then I very carefully manoeuvred the moth on to the spoon and put it down on the path.  It seemed to feed a little from the sugar water, and I could see its wings getting more rigid.  Suddenly it spread them and shot off into the sky – it was quite some flier because it must have been about 20 feet over head and making for the trees when we lost sight of it.

I have to admit that the photo is a little poetic license courtesy of AI because I did not have my phone ready to take a picture.

Tomorrow J and I are off on holiday for a few days – we are going for a drive round Cumbria where I was brought up.