I have to admit something: when I first noticed this little insect climbing up the glass of the storm door, I really didn't have a clue about what it was. The creature had tiny wingbuds, a hairy body, and was about the size of my thumbnail. That didn't exactly scream out a likely ID, and I figured that it might be one of those insects belonging to one of the more obscure orders. But it was obviously drawing the attention of male Winter Moths... and then I remembered. Females members of the Operophtera brumata clan are flightless—the guys are drawn to her by the irresistible pheromones she sends out into the night, and they respond accordingly. The males of the O. brumata congregation are downright common these evenings, but the objects of their lust can be hard, even impossible, to find. This female, however, is making her presence known. Probably just out of her pupal cocoon, she's made her slow way to a prominent spot and started advertising.