We like moths, too! Some of them can be just as, if not more, beautiful than butterflies. I just don't go out much at night. Mosquitoes are too bad. And the lights on my house never attract anything interesting. But I do find the occasional moth around like the Ilia Underwing from the other day. I was just walking the yard and scared it up. Most moths I see like to rest on the screen around the patio.
Jack, you've learned my secret! I totally wear those headbands with the little antenna attached so they think I'm one of them.
And Cabbage Whites are interesting. I've only seen one in Florida and a few in West Virginia. You know, they're one of the few invasive species where it's known exactly when and where they were introduced? I was reading about it in one of my old books on butterflies.
Okay, the caterpillars have reached the point that I can hear them eating in my bedroom. (They're on my nightstand.) At least the Long-Tailed Skipper hasn't gotten big enough where I can hear it shooting its frass off the plastic. You know they can expel their frass (poo) with enough force to send it flying the distance of thirty times their body length? It's a way to keep predators from finding them. They stick their little butts out of the shelter, the frass goes flying, and they tuck their tail back in. This works fine in nature but when they're in captivity you can hear it ricochet off the sides of the container. Gets a little weird when you're trying to sleep.
