Cecropia Moth
Species principle: Brief Splendor
Glow while brief.
A short appearance can still arrive as a lantern.
Cecropia Moths are giant silk moths with large patterned wings and short adult lives focused on reproduction rather than feeding.
Animal Qualities
Brief opportunities
Glow while brief.
Animals grouped here express a similar quality through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.
2 species
Giant Burrowing Mayfly
Species principle: Ephemerality
Dance while risen.
A brief life can still spend itself completely in the dance it was made for.
Giant Burrowing Mayflies spend much of life as aquatic burrowing nymphs, then emerge in synchronized adult swarms with very short-lived winged reproductive stages above rivers and lakes.