Finding New Things

  Since I do a lot of roaming about the hillside and about the Bayou, itself, I find a lot of things that I deem interesting.  Critters and plants, alike, have me on my knees with the camera in action.  It is quite amazing how many things go unnoticed  each day.  We all have a tendency, as of late, to be so self involved, so caught up in the world or just absorbed in thought that we find it difficult to focus our attention on the world about us.  I cannot be this way.  I have left behind the turmoil of this old world and have, more or less, secluded my self from the rat-race that everyone else is fighting.  

  Today's find was a tiny moth.  This thing was no bigger than a pinky fingernail and would have been easy to overlook had I not been truly focused.  Granted its bright white wings stood out against the browns of the dead leaves that litter the forest floor and that made it easy to spot. After a few photographs, I made a mental note of where the moth was found, time of day and its leaf choice.  Sometimes things like these are necessary to find an identity.

  This, to my way of thinking is a Black-marked Inga Moth.  I had never seen one quite like this before so a bit of research was due.  Once I identified my moth friend, I checked to see where these are found.  Not here.  According to all of the reference sites I visited, these live elsewhere and not in Mississippi.  Interesting!  Ten states were listed as sighting spots.  All ten surrounded us but Mississippi and Louisiana were not included.  Does this mean we do not have them or does this simply mean that folks here are too busy to notice a tiny white moth.  I am not.  The photographs will stand to prove that the little moth has at least visited the area.  Hello, Little Black-marked Inga Moth!  I am glad to make your acquaintance!