Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Luna Moth: Photos, Symbolism and a Poem

We find symbolism in rare events that coincide with our rare events - a rainbow at a wedding, something as beautiful as a Luna Moth after the loss of a loved one. And that is good - we gain a beautiful visual memory to tie to the emotional memory. As noted below, moths and butterflies are doubly symbolic, as they represent a transformation from mundane to wonderful.

Maynard, MA: This morning (May 28, 2013), turning back to the house from getting the newspaper, I looked up and saw this over our front door. It stayed until evening, then flew off.


"This" is a male Luna Moth (not 'Lunar moth'); only the fourth I've ever seen in 60 years. Luna moths are native to North America, and not so much rare as secretive. These are forest-dwelling, night-flying, short-lived moths. In New England, adults emerge from pupa in late May to mid-June. The adults do not feed, hence are never seen flitting from flower to flower, and live for only about a week, their sole purpose - besides beauty - being to mate before dying.

I suppose it's the same with us, just on a different time scale.

In northern states the cycle from egg hatching to egg laying takes a year, with only the last week spent as a winged adult. In central and southern states there may be two or even three generations during the warm months, with only first cycle of adults having overwintered as pupae.

Readers from Southern states have commented about sightings as early as February and as late as September or even October. After the overwintering generation has emerged, each subsequent generation takes 9-11 weeks.

Luna Moth eyespot on upper wing
The males use their intricately branched antennae to detect scent pheromones released by females. The detection system is so sensitive that a male in flight can detect the presence of just a few molecules in the air. He will then immediately turn and fly upwind into the mild night wind, traveling miles on her intensifying scent steam until he finds her perched on a tree branch. Each male and female mate once (a process that takes several hours). The female will deposit several hundred fertilized eggs over the next 2-3 nights.

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A careful look at the large photo discerns what appear to be faint circles on the upper wing, below and inward from the more obvious oval-shaped markings. Actually, these are brightly colored circles on the underwing. Several large moth species have "eyespots" on underwings. There is a theory that moving the overwings apart to suddenly reveal what looks like large eyes on the underwings might briefly scare away an attacking bird or other predator, allowing the moth time to escape.

This does not always work, as evidenced by the photo of dismembered remains found on top of a picnic table.

Similar moths (night fliers with green coloring, wing eyespots and tailed underwings) live elsewhere in the world. A search on "moon moth" will yield information and pictures on many related species in Asia, Africa, and one in Spain that as a caterpillar, eats pine needles. The sole North American species is Actias luna. A picture below shows one of the cousin moon moth species native to Thailand.

Bill Oehlke maintains a very detailed set of instructions on how to care for Luna moths from eggs to caterpillars and from caterpillars to pupa and hence to moths at the website: http://www.silkmoths.bizland.com/Actiaslunarearing.htm

Henry David Thoreau jotted a few notes in his journal, June 1859: "I found a remarkable moth lying flat on the still water as if asleep, they appear to sleep during the day, as large as the smaller birds. Five and a half inches in alar extent and about three inches long...with a remarkably narrow lunar cut tail of a sea green color with four conspicuous spots whitish within then a red line, then yellowish border below or toward the tail, but brown orange and black above toward head. A very robust body covered with a kind of downy plumage an inch and a quarter long by five eighths thick. The sight affected me as tropical and I suppose it is the northern verge of some species. It suggests into what productions Nature would run if all the year were a July. By night it is active, for though I thought it dying at first it made a great noise in its prison a cigar box at night When the day returns it apparently drops wherever it may be even into the water and dozes till evening again."

LUNA MOTH SYMBOLISM, LUNA MOTH MEANING

"Moon moth" Actias rhodopneuma (Thailand)
Change. Most common is an anticipation of change - either change your life, or your life will be changed - active or passive. Change.

According to one internet posting (its source unattributed) Luna moths are associated with intuition, psychic perception and increased awareness. My own opinion is that sightings are so rare and so striking that whenever we see a Luna moth our thoughts seek out some event in our own life to create meaning.

More generally, in many cultures butterflies and moths are thought to symbolize human souls, rebirth, transformation...

From Bulfinch's Mythology "The Greek name for a butterfly is Psyche, and the same word means the soul. There is no illustration of the immortality of the soul so striking and beautiful as the butterfly, bursting on brilliant wings from the tomb [pupa] in which it has lain, after a dull, grovelling, caterpillar existence, to flutter in the blaze of day and feed on the most fragrant and delicate productions of the spring. Psyche, then, is the human soul, which is purified by sufferings and misfortunes, and is thus prepared for the enjoyment of true and pure happiness."

Psyche's story is of a young woman who became the lover of Eros (Cupid in Roman era), who was with her only during the darkness of night. For the forbidden folly of viewing his sleeping body by lamplight, she was tasked by the Goddess Aphrodite (Eros' mother, named Venus in Roman era ) with four near-impossible challenges. Upon completing these, she was given the drink of immortality by Zeus, and rejoined Eros. In art, Psyche is often portrayed with butterfly wings while Eros is shown with feathered wings.

Ronald A. Gagliardi wrote a thesis "The Butterfly and Moth as Symbols in Western Art." Much of it can be searched at: http://www.insects.org/ced4/butterfly_symbols.html. There is mention of belief by the Blackfoot Indians that butterflies were bringers of dreams and sleep.

Luna Moth on old wood siding, Nobleboro, ME  (Click on any photo to enlarge)


Luna moths as symbol for sleep? Sunovian Pharmaceuticals, a division of a Japan-based pharmaceutical company, uses a Luna moth animation in U.S. television and print advertisements for it's sleep-promoting drug LUNESTA. While the moon is often seen as a symbol or bringer of sleep, that effect has not traditionally been attribute to moths. And why should it, when in fact we know they are up all night!!!





In The Hunger Games (book, p. 289) a beautiful green-and-silver moth lands on Katniss' wrist. In websites such as http://www.hungergameslessons.com/2011/06/whats-so-important-about-the-green.html much is made of this as a symbol of the transition of Katniss from a self-serving, self-preserving person to one who has empathy for others. Given the story takes place in North America, it could have been a Luna moth, though why "and-silver" is part of the description is anyone's guess.

AND A POEM
                                 LUNA

Close-up of  Luna Moth antennae (male)
Egg to wings: 51 weeks;
Wings to dead: 1 week.

We grieve for the Luna moth,
Its spectacular short life,
Beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty, beauty.
   Living only a week
   to seek, mate, die.

Perhaps we project too much,
Perhaps there is no intelligence to mourn,
Perhaps there is only a bundle of instincts,
   Atop that fuzzy white body,
   between those green wings.

The leaf-consuming caterpillar
   (also greenly beautiful),
Has five months to eat, wander, eat, ponder,
   To taste the beauty of a sumac leaf,
   To feel sun, dark, rain, wind.

Color-saturated photo of Luna Moth
Then seven long contemplative months as a pupa,
Softly moving inside, always thinking.
Knowing the tides of seasons' slow change,
Until it is time
   To surrender all conscious thought,
   To become a pale night flyer.

There are other Luna poems to be found on the Internet - perhaps enough for a collection? A search on luna moth poetry turned up poems by Steve Luxon, Carl Phillips, Sean Nevin, Jo Pitkin, Cecily Parks, Robert Crawford, Jeff Friedman... 

52 comments:

  1. I am happy to see the luna moth honored in this posting, and in the beautiful poem. I had an encounter earlier this week with a male luna moth (I say it was a male because you described the beautiful leaf-like, delicately veined antennae on the male moth). I was letting my dogs in the back door at night and saw something large fying just outside the door. I thought it might be a bird, and it looked like it might fly in the house. Instinctively I closed the door. The moth ended up on the deck and our dog must have snapped at it. It was badly injured. The wings were still perfect, and what a sight to see. But the body had been badly damaged and it could not fly. I felt so sorry. I lifted it up and held it in my hand and told it how sorry I was. I felt some sort of communication. It was really heart-wrenching. I decided to put it back on the deck, in hopes that some night bird might grab it up quickly. The next morning it was still there, just as alive as before. I struggled with where to put it, what to do for it. I left it under a tree. It lived another night and day. Finally, at the very end, I brought it inside to spare it from the ants. I was very touched by this exquisite creature. I hope it had a chance to pass on that beauty to a female before it came to my back door!

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  2. I am so touched by your story. I would have done the same thing. I saw one the other night, took a picture, and felt so peaceful knowing I had the special opportunity to see him/her for its short life. I believe we got to see it because it is a sign that spiritual change is about to happen for us that are given the time to see them :)

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  3. earlier, i saveed oone of its lara, from the road it was beautiful i dident know what it was and last night a beautiful luna moth landed on my tv, right off the screen. it sat their until about 30 minutes from this post. i felt a conection with it, my friends were over and mot of them being pagan
    it was an amazing experiance, we all loved it

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  4. A beautiful female landed on front door Friday morning. She was there from 8:30am-8:30pm. Then she took flight into the night air. This morning she is resting on my TV room screen window. I like to think she has come back. Her life is ending. Her wings are shredded in areas. Her body is no longer that soft white color. I felt blessed to see her take flight.....I feel honored she has come back at the end.....

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  5. A male Luna Moth has landed on my front door step this afternoon. I am so intrigued by him that I had to look up more information about this creature. I came across this story on the web. I feel like this Moth has landed on my step for a reason. I feel blessed and honored to have had him land on my doorstep in his short winged life. I believe in the symbolism.

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    1. Brad - Shawnee, KSMay 1, 2021 at 1:13 PM

      I had the same fortune this morning and that is how I found this post. He landed above my front door and has been there all morning. Thanks for sharing.

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  6. Found a male Luna Moth outside my office in south central Oklahoma today, a very beautiful creature. It was flopping around in the grass, so I went to pick it up and it lighted on my shoulder and stayed there while I showed him off to my co-workers. We all oohed and aahed and I took him back outside only to go back a few hours later to find him covered in ants. I took him, brushed the ants off, and carefully placed him in my palm. We all felt very lucky to have found him today, not only did we get to see one of Gods beautiful creatures, we also learned so much about the Luna Moth. I hope someday to see another one.

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  7. I found a cocoon in an old chest at the thrift store last month. I didn't know what was inside the small thumb sized cocoon so I brought it home with me, and tied it to a hanging plant inside my house on a book shelf with some hemp string. I have been talking to it daily for the last month, and when I would touch it, it moved. After close to one month, I went to talk to it again to find it completely emerged, and hanging on a leaf of the plant beside it's old house the cocoon. I didn't know if it needed some time to adjust to its new body so I left it alone for a day. This morning I didn't see it by my bookshelf, so I started looking around the house for it. It came into my bedroom last night while I slept, and has been hanging out on my bedroom wall all morning. I have a friend who lives a good way up a mountain close by, and I intend to take it up there to release it this evening. I wanted to give it a clear night with some moonlight. I have been reading about the symbolism associated with these, and I can only hope that it will be a symbol for me.

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  8. I was lucky to have seen this moth so very up close. It was like described, almost spiritual. It never moved as I look very close, maybe two inches away, I could see the veining in the wings the anteni and I think the eyes, it never moved. The tail feathers or wings were so delicate and paler in color than the big wings. The eye marking really looked like eyes and so demintional . Beauty never lasts but in this case it was eternal. So glad I had a chance to see one

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    1. Just had to share. The day after mom passed away, I noticed a luna moth at the bottom of my deck sliding glass door. I remembered thinking at the time there must be something symbolic about that. The moth remained at the bottom of the door the following day; the day of mom's funeral, I noticed the moth had moved up high to the very top of the upper windows of my great room (outside of course). It was not until today that I thought to look up the lunar moth on the internet. "Luna moths are attracted to the moon as a source of light. In spiritual terms, they signify rebirth and new beginnings. Because they gravitate towards light in the darkness of the night, the luna moth is seen as a symbol of spiritual transformation, of heightened awareness, and a striving towards truth." WOW

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    2. Hello there, my father passed away this past weekend and shortly thereafter, we noticed a green moth that we had never seen on the deck next to the sliding glass door. I took a picture because it was so unusual and it was dead so it was easy to do. I did not think anything of it until my friend posted a sighting and picture of it on Facebook tonight. I have not seen her for years,yet we stay in touch because we have known each other for years. She is coming into town tommorrow for my father's funeral since she knew my dad well. This is now another symbolic occurrence out of several that have happened over the last week.

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    3. The day that my Sister passed away I had taken my Mom to the Dr. When we got to the Dr there was a beautiful Luna moth sitting on the sidewalk. It was so striking that I stopped to take a picture of it. My Sister passed somewhere in the next 2 hours. She passed after a horrible battle with cancer. I know that she waited for us to be out of the house. I also know that the Luna was her, telling me that she is okay now.

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  9. Had a beautiful luna moth on our porch all day yesterday. At dusk he went on his way. Made us feel like summer finally almost here.

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  10. "My" luna moth arrived sometime between 5 and 8 a.m. this morning, resting on the wall right outside my front door window. It is so beautiful. I have been avoiding opening the door, so as not to frighten it off--although it sounds from what I've read here that it will leave this evening, when it's good and ready. Thanks for this good information. It has made the discovery of my little visitor so much more fun.

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  11. Not a surprise that late May and the emergence of adult Luna moths across the northern states has led to thousands of visits to this post. I am glad that I could provide information that helps each reader know more about their visitor.

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  12. We were forced to rent for a total of 4 years after being home owners for over 10 years. Well, we finally saved enough money and purchased a new home and moved in over the weekend. As the movers and I began bringing furniture into the house, I saw a huge, beautiful Luna moth clinging to the brick right at the entrance to our new home. I've never even seen one before. I feel like this was some sort of positive sign or symbol even though I'm far from superstitious. It just felt good to be greeted and invited into our new home by a Luna moth.

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  13. I have spent the better part of the night caring for a male Luna moth who has lost most of the dust from his wings and has difficulty flying. He is perched on my left hand as I type, and I feel so lucky to have forged a bond with such a beautiful creature. he's the third Luna I have seen in my lifetime, and the other two occasions were followed by positive changes in my life - I can only hope he brings such good tidings!
    I have reported his appearance to BAMONA, and will care for him until he passes...

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  14. I have had a male lunar at my door for three days in a row now...First two days I shooed it away as I had never seen a creature like this before and was totally freaked out...I then googled it and found out it was a male lunar...rare in sightings and had a adult life span of 7 days. Of course then I felt terrible for shooing it away! It has come back though....today...right on my front door. Has been there since this morning and it's now 10:00 pm. I do feel he has picked me and my house for a reason:) He refuses to leave:) maybe he wants to mate with me??!

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    1. My little guy wouldn't leave either But I didn't "shoo" him away out of fear.. I "shooed" him away so I knew he could fly.

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  15. I will guess that you have a light by your front door that is on overnight. Hence the appearance of "your" moth in the morning. These moths are remarkably inert during the day. In their natural habitat (trees, green leaves) they are well camouflaged, so any movement is counter-productive. I hope that as of this morning the moth has decamped, hopefully to find a female.

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  16. Saw a large Luna 2 nights ago on the garage door. I took its pic and posted it on fb where someone informed me that this was a Luna Moth. Then yesterday morning I was heading out to work and saw a smaller one in the grass. This one was identical in color, and the larger one was now down on the concrete. I took a pic of that one too and left for work. When I got home from work 10 hrs later they were both gone. Later my sister came by and said she had seen it (the smaller one) and she had moved it to a shaded area under some trees. She went and got it and brought it inside, she was going to put it in a small box but then it moved so she quickly put it back outside under the trees. Neither of us knew anything about the Luna Moth and I can't wait to tell her what I've learned. I do have a question, the larger one is the male or female?
    Thanks for the info and I'm glad I found your page as I lay awake in the middle of the night. I guess it's pretty awesome that I got to see two of them ☺

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  17. Females and males of similar size - wingspans 3.5-6.0 inches. And same coloring. Key difference is large, feather-like appearance of antennae on the male (look at photos in the post). These allow males to pick up scent molecules the females emit. Luna moths are immobile by day - weak fliers if disturbed. The thinking is that come night, they warm up their flight muscles by shivering before taking to the air. Congrats on your sighting.

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  18. Today I arrived at my shop and found a Luna moth quietly perched outside my door. He is a silent wonder. I believe he is a sign of things to come. My sister and her husband have had trouble becoming pregnant and keeping a baby. She told me 2 days ago that she is 6 weeks pregnant and I feel somehow that this moth landed at my shop as a significance of new life, beginnings, and rebirth, just as suggested on this site. I hope my intuition is right and that in 8 months a new baby will bless there lives.

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  19. While at work I noticed what was a large green leaf on the sidewalk. Upon closer inspection it was something I never seen before, a Luna Moth (before I knew what a Luna Moth was). It was about 33*F last night, and it appeared dead. I picked it by the tip of its long tail, and cupped it in my hands. It started MOVING! I took it inside my building where it proceeded to slowly shake, then flutter its wings. After ten minutes it was flitting around the room, but not yet flying. I had to take it outside, but placed it on a warm soft light outside of building. What an amazing creature.

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  20. This morning my son called me to look at something, on my front storm door is a very beautiful Luna Moth. I have never had the privilege to see one and am mesmerized by its beauty. I hope it spends the day with me as it is my day off. I was so sad to learn of its short life span, anything that beautiful should live forever.

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  21. I just came across one last night! He was beautiful.

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  22. I live in TN and for the last 2 years a Luna Moth has perched by my front door! This year is quite a surprise as there are 3; two males and one female. They are all absolutely stunning!

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  23. I have a picture of a Luna moth that came visiting last year....so beautiful. I have been doing artwork for it and was looking up poetry to go along with it, using the app WordPhoto. I did one with Spanish words from Frederico Garcia Lorca's poem "Romance De La Luna", and I will do one with some of your words next, attributing the words to you. Let me know if you would like me to remove it- I am not fully versed on protocol, but I respectfully thought you might like the continuation of the idea you touched on. Here is my flickr account where you can see the images I am playing with under Luna Moth. my daughters and I first thought alien butterfly, so we had some time finding it was a moth! It was precious to share this with them. I had never seen one before. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wainscottartstudio/albums

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  24. RW: Feel free to use any of my words - text or my poem. You are not the first to think a Luna alien. In his journal, Henry David Thoreau writes about coming upon one and thinking it quite tropical in appearance - too richly colored to be at home in austere New England.

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  25. My boyfriend/fiance died in a tragic accident on Sept.11th.2015. I had to take off for 2 weeks to get myself together. The night I went back to work, as I returned home, I seen this HuGe GrEEn butterfly/Moth sitting On My mailbox. My boyfriend used to meet me outside EVERY MORNING after work (I work the graveyard shift) Well.. I took about a dozen photos and videos. At 1st, I thought he was dead or poisoned by a spider. I sat with him for almost 10 minutes encouraging him to fly. At1st.. It seemed he didn't want to leave.. Finally, after a few falls, a run in to me and a few failed attempts.. He finally stared to fly.. But he didn't fly away at 1st.. He flew around my light about 3 times and then flew off. I think it was sign from my boyfriend/fiance... RiP Mike. iLy

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  26. One of these moths landed on my front step one morning when I was on my way out for work. It kind of scared me at first because I'm already terrified of any oddly looking creature and when I went to try move it a little so I could get out the door it didn't even bugde. I looked it up on the internet to see exactly what kind of moth it was and saw that it's symbolismism is one that represents rebirth, regeneration, and a since of newness. I had been going through a tough time in that particular point in my life and was struggling to get out of a really messed up relationship I had been in for quite some time and felt that that was indication of my life getting ready to change. Little to my surprise, it was getting ready to change in a way I wasn't expecting lol. Not only was I going to experience a new life but a new life within my self. I found out I was pregnant with my very first child about 2 weeks after the sighting of this moth on my door step. I am currently 17 weeks pregnant. I never really been a strong believer of the significance of animals and plants and the meanings of how the can play apart in sometimes life, but I do believe now that the Lord Jesus Christ has a way of opening your eyes to plans and guidances He has for our lives.

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  27. I am absolutely in love with the Luna Moth. Such an incredible breed with some very special meanings in culture.

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  28. I woke up this morning and discovered a luna moth on my screen door it is noon and he is still there. At first I thought he was dead he Is attatched to the screen and not moving, So I did some research and he is just resting probably will leave tonight.

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  29. My grandfather died in March of this year. He was my mom. The only person in my life who has never broken my heart or ever hurt me in anyway throughout a life of continuous chaos, abuse, manipulation, and pawning back and forth to serve personal agendas, starting from birth. I am thirty one now. And out of everyone, he was the one to go, which I've been spending my whole life trying to prepare for. This said, I have been up many nights thinking of him and how grateful I am to have been loved so unconditionally and accepted for exactly who I am, everything and in between. It is exactly mid may, a bit early to see full grown moths i'm learning, and at two am I Came outside to look at the clear waning moon. Right next to my feet six inches at most I see this gorgeous huge male just perched there. I was listenin ng to"in a black out"by leithauser and rostam on headphones, but it was dancing to the song and when songs changed, it stopped during the pauses . I took a long video, several pictures and even flash photos only inches from it. I was so loud and noisy and yet it just sat there calm and relaxed even though it was middle of the night which I see is their most active time. It was there for an hour before taking off, flew into my glass door and then somewhat confused made its way off into the night. I've never seen a moth like this or butterfly in person in my life, let alone relaxed inches by my side. I googled green moth and Luna moth immediately was first result. After reading this I literally broke down, as the last couple months have been so... Yeah. I could not describe in words how much I needed this core penetrating experience that I will remember so deeply forever. It was entirely spiritual. I am so grateful. Thank you. For me, it's the smallest acts of pure kindness that move me so unshakably. They go farther than any production or grand gesture ever could. Just a simple reminder of the love that surrounds us all the time in everything we are and do. A reminder that we're not alone, especially at the times we feel lonely the most. That even if it seems like years since we've felt the vibrant warmth of the sun, wandering aimlessly in the pitch darkness, we still always have the light of the moon, and with it the beautiful friends who solely live their whole lifetime by its light alone. I will never forget this.

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  30. P - From personal experience, I've learned that when you reach out to love and healing - healing and love reach back. Peace be with you.

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  31. Tonight I noticed a male luna moth. I didn't feel a connection as I have read by many post. But do find him fascinating. I took pic and no he did not move. Amazing. Not sure why he chose me tonight but I am thankful Teddi in New Jersey

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    1. haha, what are the chances...yeah I am a bit superstitious type, it's late May in the year 2020. The virus has killed more Americans than the casualties from the Vietnam and Korean war. My uncle has just passed away few weeks ago from it as well. It is just real sad all around.

      Yet, we saw this beautiful moth perched on our window. It was oddly comforting, feels almost as if my ancestors are looking over me, trying to tell me that it will be fine and well.

      name's Ted from NJ, what are the chances.

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  32. A beautiful male luna moth came to rest upon our front door briefly throught the day last summer, it left that evening. Well to our delighted surprise, we've received a gift again this summer, we were all thrilled to find, yet another male luna moth. This time he landed upon our back yard door frame, and stayed for four complete days and three whole nights,not moving an inch. This afternoon he was the topic at hand, as we all wonderered why was he choosing to spend his entire existence with us. We began to think he may already be expired, that perhaps he was stuck there in place somehow, but after blowing lightly at him, he fluttered his wings and changed position of his feathery antenna a few times,so we realized he was still living. The kids began to ask for permission to be allowed to frame his body once he did pass on, which I was considering, since he didn't seem to be going anywhere and appeared to have staked out his final resting site. The luna moth arrived, suddenly. Bestowing, upon us, bewilderment, exasperation and awe. The luna moth, vanished, suddenly. Bequeathing onto us, bewilderment, exasperation and awe. In the blink of an eye,at 10:00p on night four,he vanished into the unknown.

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  33. It is possible that he had already mated, and had no reason to go anywhere.

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  34. Yesterday I had my first luna moth encounter in my nearly-60 years.I was surprised at the sight and in absolute awe at its beauty. I have been experiencing several major transitions in my life over the past several months--daughter and grandson leaving "the nest", newly discovered step son and step grandson, coming to grips with my "seniorhood" and more--and I feel strongly that this luna moth is a symbol of rebirth and joy for me. He was in the same spot again this morning, and I'm so grateful for the experience.

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  35. I encountered a beautiful male a day or two after the eclipse we had. It was perched on the wall outside the door of our little town's county clerk office. It was a double treat for me since I haven't seen on since my childhood on my grandmother's porch. She always had them & I was actually going to get a tattoo to symbolize her passing & the wonderful memories I had sitting on her porch at night talking as we were very close. I hoped that no one dared touch the moth. I wanted to but I knew it was at the end of it's short lifespan. Always a beautiful sign to see! This was eastern Tennessee in August.

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  36. So interesting,
    Now that I know more about Luna Moths I am thrilled to know they are about REBIRTH & JOY
    Thank you for this info.
    I want to know more about the YELLOW one I saw please.

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  37. I had one show up last night around 9:00pm and it is still out there. When I went out to take my dog out it landed on the front of my shirt and stayed for a minute and flew off and landed on a table we have out front.

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  38. I have a Luna Moth outside our kitchen window. I think it’s a female , as it looks like it’s laying little black eggs. It’s been here for 3 days now, but keeps moving itself all around the window. Very fascinating to experience! We’re building a new home, so I hope this is symbolic that our home is almost complete! Anyway, feel positive seeing this little creature.

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  39. My sister passed away 8 years ago. She was my father's 1st born and it broke his heart. My family had never encountered a Luna Moth before. The day after my sister passed a Luna Moth appeared to my parents at a restaurant window they say at each morning with my sister. About 2 days later my parents were driving through town with thier windows down and a Luna Moth flew in and sat on my Dad’s shoulder. He drove the entire way home without it moving. She has come to us several times as we need her in the form of the Luna Moth. My father was put in the hospital on October 1st, 2 days prior a Luna Moth appeared to my brother, 3 days later one appeared to myself and about 2 days after that a dead Luna Moth appeared on my brother's door front at home. My father is still in the hospital and nearing death and is in his final hours now, today is her Birthday and I am praying he will be at peace and be able to celebrate with her today. I truly believe she appeared to my brother and I this last time to let us know she was going to be with him and would be waiting to guide him home. My sister’s middle name was Luana, call it coincidence, I think not. God is such a merciful God and allows us these little miracles to heal, to know our loved ones are always with us and he allows the signs so we know they watch over us always.

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  40. I have one on my window of my home right now. It is the fourth day it has been here. I pass this window more than any in my home many times a day. At night it appears to glow through the window a fluorescent green. The most beautiful thing ever and knowing I have been making great personal changes in my self and to have this reassurance is an amazing comfort.

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  41. What a beautiful sight, a Luna moth is perched at the entrance to my mom's garage. I am 78, my mom a healthy 101! I've been staying with her since a fall on Mother's Day. I've never seen this lovely moth, and it's beautiful soft green body. I am looking forward to watching him. (Yes, male with the feathery antennae). What a joy amidst this time of quarantine and sadness in the world!

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  42. I have one right now on my front porch of my home, which had brought me to this site, I’m blown away by the spirit means of the Luna moth🦋, as I am transforming mentally and spiritually also just so much similarity to my life at this moment and also the only one that I’ve seen besides this one was at another time in my life as I was moving out of a home, I do believe that the universe is sending me a significant sign and also the beautiful gift is still here at midnight 🦋😇I feel truly blessed to have been honored by this beautiful gift of faith ⭕️Andr remember that we are all in this world together. So let love start with you ❤️

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  43. I spotted a luna moth just minutes ago on the post of my veranda. It's still there @3:30 on a beautiful sunny early June day. I feel it's there for a reasin and matbe a message from my son, who passed away July 19th, 2019. I have many dimes that I've found and saved in a little treasure chest near his picture. I do believe in spiritual messages.

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  44. I spotted a large beautiful moth on my living room window screen. It was 2 in the afternoon. I took some pictures and posted it on my Facebook. People were amazed of how beautiful it was. It was a male because it had the feathery antennas. I found myself looking at off and on all the while he was here. He flew away around 10:30 last night. I felt very privileged to have seen something that beautiful with what is happening in the world these days. Today I am still in awe of how lucky I was to see the Luna moth.

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  45. Sooooo amazing ; my view of this Luna Moth @ 2:30 a.m. I was shocked completely as I walked out of my front door and there, flapping its wings historically in the fluorescent light was what I thought was a fairy ... so amazing, and majestic.

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  46. I do not even know where to begin with what an unbelievable experience I have just gone through this past week, Monday JUNE 20th, I found a green lunar moth at my slider door, Now I was in my bedroom asleep with all my lights off, but heard a continual thumping on slider. I turned lights on to see what it was and saw this beautiful green luna moth, that I had never seen in my life before! I had to google it to even know what it was! And I found that if you even see one briefly that it is not only a sign of transformation and REBIRTH! Friday, JUNE 24th is the anniversary of my son Dylan’s birthday that passed away from cancer at the age of 3 years old and Sunday June 26th was the day my brother Robbies birthday that passed away, the lunar moth would not leave me! He stayed with me until tonight! And slowly let go of screen and floated to Deck, so I ran out to get him, I read there life span is only 7-10 days and he stayed with me during his short span of life through the hardest time of mine, he actually crawled into my hand and passed away……….. I have no words for what I just experienced, I believe I truly was visited and blessed!❤️

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