In the cloak of darkness someone else enjoys cherries .

The magnificent cecropia! Found this evening at dusk, inflating and drying its wings just a few inches above its large cocoon!! So cool to watch so colorful, perfect and new, pictures just can’t do it justice. Notice its bottom wing tips look an awful lot like a snake or perhaps some other reptile? On close inspection its surreal body is quite furry looking. So lucky to see one every so often. The cecropia does not eat or drink and only lives a few weeks :- (