Iowa

Found in water bucket in the morning.

Cannot fly, when attempting escape simply fluttered/glided to the ground. When picked up, walked and "bunny hopped" to a brown shirt at a higher elevation. Was found on a screen door at night, had not moved by the next morning.

This moth landed on the screen of our front window around 6 am and is still there as I write this, around noon. We have made an effort not to disturb it, but it is within three feet of our door. Our first-floor apartment, which is a hundred-year-old mishmash of blue-gray aluminum siding, exposed natural rock, and bits of brick all over, opens directly onto the main street/state highway that runs through our little town. The ancient storefronts that line this main thoroughfare are mostly side-by-side, though we have an empty corner lot/yard that adjoins our property. The lot has mostly walnut trees. Our apartment is also located a couple doors down from the tourist attraction of Captain James T. Kirk's Future Birthplace. It seems odd that it chose such a conspicuous, high-traffic place to stay in broad daylight, but we are glad it did--what a fantastic sighting! Today, it is nice, but a bit overcast. No rain, about 77°F.

I have video and a picture of the moth. First observed the moth flying next to my garage. Then landed inside the garage where the photo and video was taken. Then it flew into my evergreen tree. We live in Sioux City Iowa.