At least, that’s how I imagine birds must view the cecropia moths….”Hey, look at that, Feathers, it’s a HUGE flying dinner! That ought to stuff the kiddies full!”
What?! Can’t I anthropomorphize a bit?
Anyway….
The moths have been emerging steadily with the current count at 3 females and 5 males. They all seem to emerge between 11 a.m. and [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Flying Porterhouse Steaks: Cecropia Moths in Flight
Posted in Insect, tagged antennae, cecropia moth, insects, shag carpeting, wings on June 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Emergence! One Cecropia Moth, Finally!
Posted in Insect, tagged cecropia moth, cocoons, insects, wahoo on June 15, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Wheeee!
I did a little happy dance today (trust me, be glad you didn’t see it) when I peered into my box-o-cocoons and discovered this:
Success! A cecropia moth! Well, OK, it’s only one but it means a lot to me (and, I suspect, to the moth…).
There she was (I’m pretty sure it was a female, as [...]
Dead Moth Sleeping: Cecropia Moth News
Posted in Insect, tagged cecropia moth, cocoons, insects, parasitism, wasps on June 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So, I just finished reading a wonderful book by Bernd Heinrich:
Summer World: A Season of Bounty
(although, not everyone agrees with my view of the book)
It had a nice bit about cecropia moths, although the news was not too encouraging. The bottom line is that very, very, very few cecropia moths ever manage to complete their [...]
