Lattice

Closed species by patchyyy on Chicken Smoothie. Thread. Won in a writing prompt contest here.

Origin:

Lattice was a very simple moth. She loved to flitter about the garden in which she lived, and she loved to land on a rather large, brown trellis that overlooked it. It was a magnificent sight it all was- the roses, petunias, daffodils... The perfect view was from this outpost of hers. She blended in perfectly with the vines that called the trellis home due to the pattern on her wings. Nothing could see her to prey on her from there.
Then as time went on, it got colder outside. The flowers soon went from blooming brightly, to dull and covered in frost. Lattice no longer could gaze upon the beautiful sight she once could. She laid her head against the wood of the trellis and cried. She had no desire to lift her head to see the ugly sight that had befallen her garden. There Lattice laid for as long as she could until eventually she grew hungry enough to have to get up.
When she tried to rise however, she was stuck. Her left antennae had been entangled in one of the vines that rapidly climbed the trellis. She struggled to break free of the vine, but she was too weak from hunger. There wasn't a way she could salvage her appendage. Lattice had to painfully yank until all that was left was a short tuft of her former antenna.
The ordeal taught her that she had to move on with her life. She couldn't just mope around when things didn't go her way. She had to grow as an individual and accept that bad things will happen in life. Waiting around for things to happen without taking action will only make things worse.