Orange Swift Moth (Triodia sylvina)
I was in my garage the other night, gently clearing away excessive spider webs, when I was dive bombed by a reasonably sized Moth, which then seemed to disappear, despite a lengthy search on my part.
The next morning, I found this male Orange Swift at the garage window, where he stayed all day.
You can tell it's the male because males are more brightly coloured and smaller than the females.
Alas, no video to show you.

The orange swift or orange moth is a moth belonging to the family Hepialidae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1761. It was previously placed in the genus ''Hepialus''. It is distributed throughout Europe.
comments (4)
It was clearly sleeping. A video didn't seem any more enlightening than a photo.
It was still in the garage last night, alive and well, but I can't find it today, which I hope is a good sign. Posted 5 years ago
Because the Orange Swift is a night-flying moth, I left it undisturbed during the day, and left the garage door open from dusk, until I had to close it to allow our badger family and my fox friends to access the kitchen door. Posted 5 years ago