A Moth In The House

It's almost October, and it's the end of the monsoons. I remember as a child that during this time of the year, every evening, hundreds of insects would fly into our rooms, attacted by the yellow lights. The ceilings would be covered with these tiny creatures. Sometimes a dragonfly or a large fearless month would sneak in, and refuse to get out, until we put the lights off. During the past few years, I have noticed that there are rarely any insects that fly into our apartment. Is it because we are too high now? We used to live on the 15th floor but now we live on the 24th. Or is there some ecological change and the insects have died out? Whatever the reason, it was great to see a big moth this evening as its belly basked in the yellow lamplight mellowed by the lampshade it rested on. It was a beautiful month, and that's rare since moths are generally very ugly. It almost had a butterlfy-beauty to it.