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April 23, 2008
Another Sign of Spring
On August 22, 2007 I shared this photo with you of two tobacco worms:
Since August, these worms have been in their cocoons; that is, until this morning.
At 6:30 AM, Ashley was awakened by scratching inside the shoebox which held the cocoons. From previous experience, she immediately knew what that scratching meant.
One of the cocoons had opened:
This is the moth which had emerged and was frantically scratching to get out:
Pay close attention to those antennae. They look like miniature feathers and are simply marvelous!
You don’t know how many times I was tempted to throw this shoebox away. Even having gone through this before, I still find it hard to envision something happening inside the dried-up cocoons after all these months. It’s almost as long as a woman is pregnant!
Now, we have one more to go!
Posted by tami at April 23, 2008 11:32 AM
Comments
How cool -- it's moth time! Is that a male? Their antennae are usually the broader of the two sexes.
Posted by: GW at April 26, 2008 2:41 AM