The colourful ghost

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Specific id of moth appreciated

While traversing a particular patch of the dried up, but wintery, trail, the ambience almost seemed to be dead and desolate. But all of a sudden something popped off the dried up leaves and disappeared in an instance, something that was pretty big and not easily miss-able, right in front of us. On a quest to see what it was I decided to check around the leaves where it seemed to disappear, and after a decent amount of searching finally spotted something sticking off a large(comparatively) drying leaf. On close observation, the protrusion on the leaf was actually a thin and slender moth, blending in very well and, mystically, was looking much smaller than the size it was while flying. The way its massive wings compressed into such a narrow and small size was astonishing, almost like our umbrellas. Nature is full of surprising complexity, and observing and understanding them is really a great experience

EXIF:
Canon 80D
Canon 100mm macro
F/11
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 400
Handheld, External flash fired

Location: Nagla trail