Plates · 150 × 82
15-moth-census
Hybrid semantic-texture run — the annual moth census at a lighthouse. One night a year the lamp counts instead of warns; ships are asked to wait.
The plate
Fig. 1150 across, 82 down.
The grid itself
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| P A R I S H M O T H C E N S U S --- ledger of the one night the lamp gathers --- each species recorded IN ITS OWN WING --- no pins |
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| SPECIES (entry written in the wing-stuff of the counted) | WINGSPAN| COUNT (tallied) | GRIEVANCE, AS DICTATED |
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| DUSTY FOOTMAN | | | |
| ·· ···· · ······· ·· ··········· · ···· ······ ·· ····· ······· · ···· ·· | 18 mm | |||| |||| |||| ||| | "the flame was never |
| ···· ·· ······ ····· · ·· ······· ···· ·· ·········· · ····· ·· ···· ···· | | |||| |||| (342) | food." |
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| BANDED CARPET | | | |
| -===----===----===----===----===----===----===----===----===----===----== | 24 mm | |||| |||| |||| || | "objects to the word |
| =----===----===----===----===----===----===----===----===----===----===-- | | (118) | carpet." |
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| SMOKED WAINSCOT | | | |
| ░░▒▒░░░▒░░▒▒▒░░▒░░░▒▒░░▒░░░▒▒▒░░▒░░▒▒░░░▒░░▒▒▒░░▒░░░▒▒░░▒░░▒▒░░░▒░░▒▒▒░░▒ | 31 mm | |||| |||| |||| | | "born grey. counted |
| ▒░░▒▒▒░░▒░░░▒▒░░▒░░▒▒░░░▒░░▒▒▒░░▒░░░▒▒░░▒░░▒▒░░░▒░░▒▒▒░░▒░░░▒▒░░▒░░▒▒░░░▒ | | (77) | greyer." |
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| LACE VEIL | | | |
| ><><>< ><>< ><><><>< >< ><><>< ><><>< ><>< ><><><>< >< ><><>< ><><>< ><>< | 12 mm | |||| |||| |||| |||| | "the beam shows every |
| >< ><><><>< ><><>< ><>< >< ><><><>< ><><>< ><>< ><><><>< >< ><><>< ><><>< | | |||| (203) | hole in me." |
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| GHOST SWIFT | | | |
| ' ' ' ' ' | 40 mm | | "declines to be |
| ' ' ' ' ' ' | | ------ (0) | enumerated. present." |
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| GREAT EYED HAWK | | | |
| ~~(o)~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~(o)~ | 96 mm | | | "came only to be |
| ~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~~~(o)~~~~~~~ | | (1) | looked at." |
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| MOTHS DECLINING ALL CATEGORIES, COUNTED ANYWAY, LOVINGLY | -- mm | |||| || (9) | " " |
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| TOTAL WINGS: 1500 TOTAL MOTHS: 750 DISCREPANCY: 0 (a good night) THIS LEDGER CLOSES AT DAWN. THE LAMP RESUMES ITS WARNING. |
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