Zodiac Moth

This insect is no fly by night

Zodiac Moth (Alcides metaurus, Uraniidae), Far North Queensland. © Bronwen Scott

…Do not all charms fly/At the mere touch of cold philosophy?

John Keats, Lamia, 1819

Not all moths are creatures of the night. I photographed this Zodiac Moth (Alcides metaurus, Uraniidae) mid-morning, as it rested on a leaf. Other Zodiac Moths fluttered around the white flowers high in the Cadaghi (Corymbia torelliana, Myrtaceae), jinking…