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
Wonder
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.
3 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.
Rosy Maple Moth
Species principle: Softness
Glow softly.
Gentleness can still belong fully to the dark.
Rosy Maple Moths are small nocturnal moths associated with maple trees. Adults have soft pink and yellow coloration, feathery antennae, and fly at night during the warmer months.