Last night while in the living room, I noticed something on the front door...
We were visited by MOTHRA!!!!!!
Later while enjoying some pints in the garden, I think Mothra's Grandmama showed up, attracted by the festival lights.
Look at the size of that thing compared to the lightbulb!!!!
We went back to drinking our pints. But pretty cool mothra's.
Just as long as no giant lizards show up, I'll be fine.
I love Mothra! She's so beautiful, and just look at her happy little face and those lovely feathery antennae.
ReplyDeleteAnd the huge eyes!
DeleteLOL!!!! Even the Japanese twin fairies!
ReplyDeleteThose shots are so cool, such detail up close. The big one? I'm not getting near that one.
Very cool captures! Furry looking even. I also love those old Godzilla movies. The campier and worst the better. Love the antennae on the door moth!
ReplyDeleteMothra! Queen of the monsters!
ReplyDeleteAnd yesterday's post was a monster anaconda!!!!!!
What going on around here?
Eeek! We're currently being invaded by bastard clothes moths, that have cheerfully munched their way through the carpets - but hopefully the fact that any of our outfits that have any wool on them are hanging in clothes bags means they will have escaped their nefarious clutches. Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteThe very thought of a moth that size entering the house fills me with horror - thankfully both Mothra and Nana Mothra stayed outside.... Jx
I agree Jon. The were both cool to see, but if that large one got in the house, I might have passed out. How do your moths get into the house to eat your carpets? Are they quick at sneaking in when the door opens?
DeleteClothes moths are tiny, so will find their way in anywhere - then breed like fuck, it seems. Jx
DeleteOh MOTH BALLS!!!!! One can't have anything nice.
DeleteHoly cow!
ReplyDeleteI'd be runnin' for cover lest it carry me away like a Flying Monkey!
ReplyDeleteMy god Mothra and the Peanuts !
ReplyDeleteThe twins, Emi and Yumi Ito, were pop stars in Japan starting in 1959. They were primarily popular in Japan and Central Europe. They played the Shobijin in several Mothra films and were featured every year on the New Year’s Eve Show of NHK Japanese television 1960-1974. The Ito twins retired in 1975 and both have sadly passed.
-Rj
I knew they were passed away. Being a fan of Godzilla films, I was happy to see that one of the latest films paid homage to them and the lovely Indonesian song from this film in the clip.
DeleteYour visitors reminded me of my encounter with a similar moth when I lived in Yakima, Washington in the 70s. My apartment had a small balcony from which I hung 3 planter boxes from the rail. At a local nursery I spotted some large double-petunias in a deep purple that smelled exactly like carnations...heavenly aroma. Soon after, they were visited by the Pacific Northwest tomato hornworm moth with a wingspan of 3 1/2 - 5 1/2 inches and they are wonderful pollinators, of ten called hummingbird moths. Totally harmless and not afraid of human contact, unlike the hornworm stage which we had in our tomato garden when I was a wee one. Dad would pay me a nickel for each one I found on the plants and some summers were quite profitable...NOT! One stage of this insect was destructive, the other beneficial. Nature is amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh, I get hummingbird moths here too. The first time I saw them I thought they were a hummingbird, but then upon closer inspection I saw it was in the moth family. I have no idea what the big one on the light was. But it was big, at least two fingers width thickness and length.
DeleteThe one on the door is rather cute with it's feathery antennae...but that big one? That's the kind of moth that would casually slap the bug spray can out of your hand with a wing when you get too close.
ReplyDeleteVery cool!!!!! So up close! My sister had a holiday in Costa Rica a few years ago, she has moth and butterfly phobia and runs in chaotic panic and fear of moths no bigger than a penny. She was fortunate not to see any moths as big as the one on your lights.
ReplyDeleteThat is probably good for your sister. On my visit is saw some of the biggest bugs I'd ever seen. I featured one on the blog from a cafe we we're in, on the screen. It looked as though it was out of the film Aliens!!!!!The one thing I learned from my trip to from Costa Rica...is that the insects there are either really big, very colorful, or both!
DeleteI love coming to your Blog; I never know what to expect and I certainly didn't expect 'Mothra' neither in fact or fiction. You gave us both.
ReplyDeleteYour photos are amazing and the video is weird but appealing,
As for the theme song; I shall wait for the Ibiza Trance Remix.
Thank you for the compliment, Madam! I try to keep it fresh with curve balls. And I have always been a big fan of the cheesy and campy Godzilla films.
DeleteI personally always wanted to meet Gamera the flying turtle.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen Gamera, but I always wanted to see Gamera-The Giant Monster film. And I always thought Hedorah was an odd monster.
DeleteLove it!!
ReplyDeleteBetter a moth than a hornet, which also like to come out and play on a warm evening - then I'd be screaming.
ReplyDeleteYour moth is beautiful! I thought it was a very small lightbulb at first, and then I realised it wasn't!
Sx
I haven't seen hornets around here in an age. It's the other "stingers and pricks" I have to watch out for.
DeleteYou must have a special magic power to attract large "things."
ReplyDeleteApparently, I'm not the size Queen for nothing!
DeleteMothra? New word on me, living in my 'shell'.
ReplyDeleteYou mean to say you're not familiar with the Godzilla movies of yester year???
DeleteI sure hope your summer is going well, and you're not too hot, or getting flooded out?