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The Night Visitors

By Lucas Willard
Published April 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT
A polyphemus moth, photographed in “The Night Visitors”
Michael Gitlin
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The Night Visitors film
A polyphemus moth, photographed in “The Night Visitors”

Hairy bodies. Compound eyes. Feather-like antenna. The perhaps misunderstood moth is in the limelight in the experimental documentary film, “The Night Visitors.” The movie provides a glimpse into a world many of us overlook. We’ll speak with filmmaker Michael Gitlin.

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Lucas Willard is a news reporter and host at WAMC Northeast Public Radio, which he joined in 2011. He produces and hosts The Best of Our Knowledge and WAMC Listening Party.
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