LOOPER MOTH (Milionia basalis)

this is of course, the lovely LOOPER MOTH (Milionia basalis) 

Another exception to the rule of only flying at night, this lovely moth is another day-flying moth.

Here is one, newly emerged, I watched as he climbed from the ground up to this perch and his wings unfurled....

These other images are of the caterpillars that can hang down on silken threads in their dozens, often climbing on one-another