In the event that you need an emergency moth to improve your week and see you into the weekend... Please enjoy this incredibly fluffy and delightful beast, captured by the late great Andreas Kay in Ecuador
They’re all just silly little lads who deserve to do their silly little lad things in peace 🐞🐛🪲🐜 (except for mosquitoes, I hate those fuckers) (edit for all those concerned: I do understand and respect the fact mosquitoes are an integral part of the eco system, i am in no way suggesting they should all die. I do however have light hearted beef with the frequency that they choose me as their lunch.)
An elephant hawkmoth warming up it's wings. May we forever have moths like this in the world 🦋💖
Edit: for those wondering - yes, this is very definitely A Moth. (Not a butterfly, bee, hummingbird, any other bird, or an extremely smol plane... Though they do sound a bit like tiiiiny planes when they vibrate their wings.) There's more on the elephant hawkmoth here, here, and here. If you love it and you have a garden then don't overdo the weeding, bc it eats rosebay willowherb (UK)/fireweed (US).