{"id":3027,"date":"2012-06-18T18:41:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T23:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svmedaris.wordpress.com\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2012-06-18T18:41:48","modified_gmt":"2012-06-18T23:41:48","slug":"giant-leopard-moth-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketweightpress.com\/here\/giant-leopard-moth-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Leopard Moth visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_face2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Moth face closeup\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_face2.jpg\" alt=\"closeup of moth face\" width=\"100\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a>A <strong>Giant Leopard Moth<\/strong> (<em>Hypercompe scribonia<\/em>), also called Eyed Tiger Moth blew onto our front steps, to get out of the wind on an extremely windy, hot Monday here on the ridge. In the background, Ivan is resting out of the warm wind and hot sun&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I saw it from far away, it was so starkly black and white. The coloring is meant to warn off predators that it tastes bad, but I&#8217;m wondering if a more camouflaged coloring would keep it safer from well, everything?<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes evolution amazes me.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the photos, and click on any to enlarge.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_ivan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Giant Leopard Moth and Ivan\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_ivan.jpg\" alt=\"black and white moth on steps, Great Pyrenees in background\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Perspective is everything.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_side.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Giant Leopard Moth from side\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_side.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Leopard Moth from side\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brilliant patterning is visible from a long way&#8217;s away.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_face.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Moth face\" src=\"http:\/\/svmedaris.com\/farm\/moth_face.jpg\" alt=\"black and white moth faces camera\" width=\"420\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia) faces off.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Giant Leopard Moth (Hypercompe scribonia), also called Eyed Tiger Moth blew onto our front steps, to get out of the wind on an extremely windy, hot Monday here on the ridge. 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