Beauty, but of different kinds.

**ChrisH** · 06-06-2008, 04:40 AM

Tuesday night's lovely sunset.

**ChrisH** · 06-06-2008, 04:41 AM

A Cinnabar Moth

Sadly, it had something wrong with it and although I tried I wasn't able to do anything to help.

**Maya & Inka's mommy** · 06-06-2008, 05:01 AM

Those sunset pics are fabulous!!! Why was the sky so red? Did you have a windy day next morning??

That moth is so beautiful!! Here all moths have a gray colour

**Randi** · 06-06-2008, 08:57 AM

Wow, what a beautiful sunset!!

And the moth too - didn't know they come in colours.

**pitc9** · 06-06-2008, 09:26 AM

Wow! The sunset is BEAUTIFUL!!

That moth is as well.
Thanks for sharing!
Sorry you couldn't do anything for the moth.

**ChrisH** · 06-06-2008, 09:32 AM

Thanks for the lovely comments.

Lut, the next day was a beautiful one bringing truth to the old saying "Red sky at night, shepherds delight".

Randi, Lut too, I'd never seen a coloured moth before and thought it was a small butterfly, it was only when I searched for identification that I found out exactly what it was. Maybe a lot more of the insects I think are butterflies are really moths.

Cinnabar moths are day-flying insects. Like many other brightly coloured moths, it is unpalatable; The larvae absorb the bitter tasting to the alkaloid substances from all the ragworts including groundsel which it feeds on, and assimilate them, becoming unpalatable themselves[1]. The bright colours of both the larvae and the moths act as a warning sign so that they are seldom eaten by predators.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinnabar_moth

**cloverfdx** · 06-06-2008, 10:23 AM

What a beautiful sunset, thats one thing i am going to miss about Summer

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**gini** · 06-06-2008, 10:37 AM

Chris, what beautiful pictures. I don't think I have ever seen a moth like that either. Interesting that their color means they don't taste very good!