before i got ready for bed, i went into my bathroom and saw a flying insect i’ve never seen in all my years living on planet earth. it was the most beautiful i’ve ever seen with an orange/yellow/black pattern on its wings. as i got close to it, it began to move so i smacked it out of reflex. i used an empty fruit cup i’d just eaten out of to grab and put it in the toilet. that’s when i noticed the two long antennas and how hairy the insect was. i dumped him in the toilet, but didn’t flush as i was going to use the restroom after i prepared my list of things to do for tomorrow. minutes later when i was peeing, i noticed the insect move its head upwards to avoid the water. i thought it was dead!! i’m the type of guy who pees on the sides of the toilet instead of in the water. why? i don’t know, but that’s how i’ve always been. immediately i felt so bad and i grabbed the empty fruit cup out of my recycling bag and scooped the little homie up. he was moving still, and i went outside on the deck and left him there. i felt so damn bad. i didn’t want to harm him in the first place, but my reflex slapped him. then i found out he was alive in the toilet!!
man i hope when i let bagel out tomorrow that he’s flown off into the distance and all that’s left is the empty fruit cup.
edit: after some research, i found it to be a harnessed tiger moth.
-ratha, 11:16pm, 4.18.19