While mowing the backyard, my son found this--
(internet picture)
He's about four inches long, and an inch and a half across. So far the cat's not missing. :) He's a luna moth caterpillar.
We took him in, set him in a jar and placed one of my long stemmed roses in there. He climbed to the top, snuggled under the petals and built his cocoon.
Slightly out of focus, but you can see the white fuzzy stuff on the underside. He could be a moth in two weeks, but, because we live up north and the days are getting shorter, we might not see him until next spring. And he'll look like this--
(internet picture)
Unless he's a she and then she'll look like this--
:)
Let you know how this lunacy ends up.
While mowing the backyard, my son found this--
(internet picture)
He's about four inches long, and an inch and a half across. So far the cat's not missing. :) He's a luna moth caterpillar.
We took him in, set him in a jar and placed one of my long stemmed roses in there. He climbed to the top, snuggled under the petals and built his cocoon.
Slightly out of focus, but you can see the white fuzzy stuff on the underside. He could be a moth in two weeks, but, because we live up north and the days are getting shorter, we might not see him until next spring. And he'll look like this--
(internet picture)
Unless he's a she and then she'll look like this--
:)
Let you know how this lunacy ends up.
