morning footfalls spirit up
short-lived flights of lucerne moths
above creekside grasses.
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August 14, 2012
Come August,
Posted by Scott under Insects, lepidoptera | Tags: clover nomophila, crambid snout moth, lepidoptera, lucerne moth, moth, nature, Nomophila nearctica |[19] Comments
some little crum creek 
August 22, 2012 at 10:11 pm
It’s hard to get a good shot of these little fellows, but you did it!
August 23, 2012 at 9:42 am
It must have figured out that I’d stop following if it just stayed still a second.
August 15, 2012 at 11:18 pm
So much going on in that photo! Amazing shot.
August 17, 2012 at 4:37 pm
Thanks, Patti. It is starting to look a little different each time I see it.
August 15, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Did you
just
haiku?
(or something darn near close?)
Lovely!
August 16, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Thanks, Jen! What is a haiku, anyway? I kinda like this “something…close” business.
August 17, 2012 at 7:23 am
Haiku is a Japanese form of poetry – 3 lines, with a cadence of 5 then 7 then 5 syllables – usually but not limited to nature themes.
August 17, 2012 at 5:08 pm
I guess I just made a typographical decision to suit the picture and punctuate the sentence rhythm.
I like to hear people’s idea of haiku. I wonder if there’s a spirit of haiku that overrides the form. Thinking now of JK’s “American Haiku” which are always fun to hear. Someone put some up on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJdxJ5llh5A
August 14, 2012 at 3:08 pm
So much to look at in that picture. I’m so fascinated with images in water drips. Great blog!
August 16, 2012 at 9:28 pm
Thanks! Do you know I wasn’t even aware of the water drops until later seeing how the pictures turned out?
August 17, 2012 at 8:05 am
I can believe it. I’m always talking to my subject, hoping it will pose longer.
August 14, 2012 at 3:01 pm
the world
in a dewdrop
the moth’s thirst
~~Merrill Ann Gonzales
It appears you’ve had some rain! Alleluia!!! That’s wonderful. What a wonderful photo of a lucerne moth…. I’ve never heard of that one.
August 16, 2012 at 9:25 pm
Thank you for sharing this moment through your poem, Merrill. So cool, so generous.
The longer this blog goes, the more help I need with ID. BAMONA helped with this one.
August 14, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Scott, i saw a really beat up looking Luna Moth, most of its wings missing and it had lost most of its color. Had never seen one before! Have you ever seen one?
August 14, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Never have, Sean, but your sighting renews my hope. Thanks for letting us know — did you happen to get a picture? Was it in the Morris Park area?
August 14, 2012 at 9:33 pm
Scott, it was in Chestnut Hill, at the Chestnut West Septa Station, a place I have never been before. I did get a picture of it and I am working on a Sanguine Root blog post that features the photo.
August 15, 2012 at 10:59 am
Cool! Looking forward to it.
http://www.thesanguineroot.com/
August 14, 2012 at 11:49 am
Scott,
When that crystalline drop kabooms on the moth’s head, quite a refreshing shower that will be. Serene, serene, serene.
Jeff
August 14, 2012 at 6:04 pm
It looks as if the moth expects it to drop at any moment, doesn’t it? Is that a leg tenderly tempting the tall droplet-topped blade?