Here you see a peeping Tom caught looking into our window on Saturday, apparently expecting to see something exciting going on over the weekend.
Well, he was greatly disappointed in that regard and soon flew off, leaving me wondering what this bug-eyed visitor was.
Maybe one of you lepidopterists out there can identify this dainty intruder for us. Its feathered antennae indicate to me that it’s a moth, which would narrow the choice down nicely to only about 165,000 species worldwide. (There are many more moths than butterflies.)
Its body length appeared to be less than half an inch and its wingspan from the tip of one wing to the other appeared to be no more than an inch, which makes it a small moth by my standards.
Its underside/ventral color was an off-white, while its upper/dorsal side was more of a tan. There appeared to be a single, faint, circular marking on each forewing, but these may have been random markings. (Image taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 10, 2022.)