This big moth was resting on the shaded wall at the edge of the garden. It measured about 10 cm. I was surprised at how big it was. Because it was resting its wings were tucked in so I couldn't see how wide its wingspan was.
I remember when I started at Longwood we had so many different creatures in our garden that I rarely if ever see now. We had all kinds of butterflies. We had a tree frog. I netted a praying mantis once. Sometimes when I walked in the garden bird locusts would rise up in front of my foot. I even found a rare salamander hiding underneath the wood of the planter box one winter.
There is a greater diversity of creatures living or visiting our garden now. We have many kinds of birds, especially hummingbirds. We have lots of kinds of insects, crawling and flying. We have a family of mice and there are many holes and tunnels that suggest gophers.
We seem to have lost the tree frog and the bird locusts and the salamanders. I wonder how we can entice them back.
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