meanwhile their wings were growing fast, and drying, and flattening, so that by noon they could begin to raise them above their heads. they were very large moths and their wings were of a soft dust color with little clear, transparent places in them and touches of the most beautiful blue, quite the shade worn by the peacock, who lived on the farm. there was a brown and white border to their wings, and on their bodies and legs the fur was white and dark orange. when the cecropias rest, they spread their wings out flat, and do not slide the front pair over the others as their cousins, the sphinxes, do. the most wonderful of all, though, are their feelers.