Three-fifteen in the afternoon at Montrichard City Hall.
We had a rather abrupt and violent thunderstorm yesterday evening. Lots of wind and rain and quite a light show. Thunderstorms weren't really predicted where we are and it took us a little by surprise. Just after the storm we noticed something flying around in the loft room. At first we thought it was a little bat, but then noticed that it was some kind of giant moth, as big as a small bird.
I thought it had escaped through an open window until it woke me up knocking around the room at one o'clock this morning. I got up and turned a light on. Sure enough, there was the moth. After chasing it about a bit, I got it scooped up into a plastic container and let it go out a window. No photos, unfortunately.
Giant Peacock moths are the ones usually mistaken for bats. Scientific name Saturnia pyri, French name le Grand paon de nuit
ReplyDeleteah..the sun.....look at the sun!
ReplyDeleteI have missed it
Oh, now that is a beauty of a photo!
ReplyDeleteSusan, I was hoping you would be able to chime in with a probable ID on the giant moth. :)
Good job, Walt.
What a man! I think I would have checked into a hotel. The thought of it possibly being a bat... Ugh!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo. What perfect light. I keep wandering around town at the wrong times of day. I'll come upon one of my many favorite buildings, but the light will be wrong.
quaint village photo!
ReplyDeleteI like little hotels like this, preferring them to the 'chain' places.
ReplyDeletesusan, I had never seen a moth that big!
ReplyDeletejohn, we've been keeping it from you.
judy, it's a nice town, more picturesque in some ways than St.-Aignan.
mitch, we've had a bat up there before. I unintentionally killed it while trying to herd it back outside. :(
annemarie, lots of them around here!
michael, lol! But it IS a chain... nearly every town has one! ;)
That photo makes me homesick for France! BTW if your wisteria is anything like ours, it will definitely survive.
ReplyDeleteNice looking ville.
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