Beautiful garden visitor

[krait]

Earlier this week, as I was tying up my cucumber plants, I nearly toppled from my precarious perch right into this beautiful resting moth:









Fortunately, I didn't fall, and I also managed to avoid disturbing my visitor's rest while snapping these shots!

Comments

[soc_puppet]

Luna moth! They are so pretty, oh my gosh <3 I can't tell for certain, but I think this one might be female? The antenna seem a bit small/thinly "feathered" for a male.

[krait]

The antennae were pretty small, but very dark/visible; I was surprised, since the only luna moth I have seen prior to this was (in my admittedly fuzzy memory) possessed of paler antennae.

I hope she had a nice rest!