Greetings friends and fans. This is The Daily Bone and I'm your trusty doggie reporter
Chester L. W. Spaniel.
Chester L. W. Spaniel.
Ghostwriter has two cocoons that she and Dad found under the birch tree a couple weeks ago. She's kept them on her desk in her office all this time. We could hear the pupae moving around inside of them sometimes, so we knew they were alive. We all thought they would just be some drab old moths!
Then, on Thursday, one of them hatched!
It took a couple hours for it's wings to unfold.
It's called a polyphemus or cyclops moth, and it's huge!
Then it started flying around! Wow! I thought it was a big exotic squeaky toy for me to play with. But ghostwriter said I had to leave it alone. It was cold and rainy outside, so we didn't want to let it go just then. They put it in the spare room where I couldn't get to it.
Today, Ryan came to visit and he watched as we let the moth go free outside.
I hope it'll be all right now. Bye bye moth!
It's HUGE - I think you should start a "Moth of the Month Club" feature on your blog :-)
ReplyDeleteHow exciting!!!!! You all are so lucky!!! Happy Mother's day to Ghostwriter!
ReplyDeleteLuvs
Marty, Mom and the Gang
OMD!! My mommy would faint if she were in the same room with that moth! Sorry you didn't get to play with it, Chester!
ReplyDeleteWhat a BEAUTIFUL silky moftie!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow Chester, you sure nose how to grow the bestest Mofties
Loves and licky kisses
Princess Leah xxx
What a beautiful moth! His antennas look like little feathers!
ReplyDeleteOMCs Chester we have never seen anything quite like that before or after it hatched. It is beautiful and what a great experience for Ryan to be a part of the release.
ReplyDeletePrincess Leah was surely impressed too
Hugs madi your bfff
Always amazing to see that transformation!
ReplyDeleteYour Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
What a wonderful act of nature to see!!!
ReplyDeleteThat was so cool to see such a huge moth come out of that little cocoon.
ReplyDeleteThat moth is both ugly and amazing all at the same time. We love that photo of Ryan looking at the moth.
ReplyDeleteWoos - Lightning and Misty
GAH! That moth is gigantic! Yikes. Mom would've killed it with a broom. That's how she rolls....
ReplyDeleteLove and licks,
Cupcake
WOW! That is so cool. ♥ I used to put caterpillars in jars and let my children watch them make a cocoon then emerge. It was always thrilling to release them. ♥
ReplyDeleteThat was such a cool thing for you parents to do. A huge tip of the tail to them
ReplyDeleteThank you for looking after the moth. Wow!! That's fantastic!! What a great thingy to show to your little human Ryan!
ReplyDeleteMomo & Pinot xoxo
Evfurry once in a while we see moths like that here. They sure are HUGE!
ReplyDeleteLittle Ryan looks so enthralled by what he is witnessing! Little ones are always so full of wonder and delight at new experiences. Especially in the natural world:)
I hope your Mother's Day was wonderfur!
Oh wow, that is a big moth! We only get big flies in our house. Big black ones that zoom and zoom.
ReplyDeleteMara from Norway