Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Cecropia Moth, 1 by MissSherry

MissSherry wrote:
As well as I can tell from your picture, it's a female, so maybe she's flying at night and laying eggs. Or maybe she "called" for a mate, and there were none around, so she's just waiting to die. :( Unfortunately, the big silkmoths are reported to only live about a week. Hopefully, if this is the case, she DID find a mate, she's ready laid her eggs, and there will be more of those beauties in your area.
I'm posting a picture of a male - you can see his BIG antennaes, the things that come out of his head. I can't see those big antennaes (or whatever the proper term for them is) on yours, which is why I think she's a female, but you can judge better than I can.
Sherry