In some cultures moths traditionally have been associated with death. Perhaps because of their often ominously dark coloring and nocturnal ways, so different from their delightful diurnal counterparts the butterflies, or perhaps because of their fatal attraction to flames. In any case, I know I found them repellent in an almost instinctive way when I was a child. So, not so surprisingly, I found this moth resting by a clock to be a worthy focus of rumination on mortality.
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