Aug 14, 2023
I got really lucky in terms of timing: the last of the seven cecropia kids has begun their cocoon! Which means I won’t have to worry about them when I go on vacation in a few days. I’m gonna miss them so so so much, you have no idea.
If I get lucky next year and get a female moth out of these seven and she finds a mate, I’d like to raise more of these sweet little babies next year.
Fingers crossed that I get to see all of them emerge in a year!
#hyalophora cecropia#cecropia moth#caterpillar#cocoon#saturnid#putting the silk in giant silk moth#larvae#pupating#insect#bug#lepidoptera#the one unsettling thing is their dried cocoons look a little too much like human hair if it was cotton candy#but that’s okay it keeps them nice and safe#the amount of clumsy wandering they did worried me but they figured everything out just fine#they’re gonna hang in my porch for the winter#godspeed my little babies I hope they all make#now I can go and be anxious about everything else
