night visitor

Late night dog walking duty necessitates out door lighting, both the hand held and stationary varieties.  Collecting dogs, leashes and finding outside shoes creates quite a cacophony on the porch.  when i was finally about to open the porch door i spied a huge moth attracted to the outside lights, no doubt, beating itself against the side of the house.  It was large enough to be of interest to the dogs, and to me too. it was a luna moth probably roused from slumber by all the activity. 

I have seen these during the day. they are large enough to be mistaken for a parakeet (well that was what i thought it was at first sighting years ago.) luna moth... by the light of the moon....