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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Insect, tagged almost, cecropia moth, cocoons, Insect on May 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Things are definately happening inside the cecropia moth cocoons!
Most of them are strapped on to the lilac bush outside (held in place with plastic wire ties around the branches NOT the cocoons) but a few are still left in my inside cage. I took a good look at the outside ones today and they are looking [...]
Posted in Insect, tagged caterpillar, cecropia moth, cocoons, pupae on December 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I realized I hadn’t updated the status of my cecropia caterpillars in a while, so here is goes…
Out of all the caterpillars I released outside, only two (yes, TWO) survived to spin a cocoon. Technically, they are now pupae (for a nice explanation of what this means, check here).
They are out in the lilac shrub [...]
