and do I want to be around when it hatches, or in the next county??
it's about 3 inches long, soft-ish, and it undulates along the joints when it is touched. Hanging on this branch, and I just slipped a posterboard behind it to isolate it.
Ick?
Sandy r
Posted by Buck Ward on February 21, 2010 at 8:38 PM
I actually love bugs, snakes, and all kinds of stuff - but it kind of creeped me out when I touched this thing and it started to wiggle.
I'm having visions of one angry hornet or something..
I've been watching it every day and it hasn't moved since.
Plus it's way bigger than any moth pupae I've seen - except for the luna moth, and this isn't that.
Good idea about whatsthatbug.com! Thanks!
I actually love bugs, snakes, anall kinds of stuff - buit kind of creeped me out when I touched this thing and it started to wiggle.
I'm having visions of one angry hornet or something..
I've been watching it every day and it hasn't moved since.
Plus it's way bigger than any moth pupae I've seen - except for the luna moth, and this isn't that.
Good idea about whatsthatbug.com! Thanks!
It's a great nature photography opportunity waiting to happen.
If it's 3" long that is going to be one big, beautiful and impressive moth.
There is a very good book "Discovering Moths" by John Himmelman. It is not a guide book. Instead it is a story of the authors infatuation with moths, a peek into the world of moth "hunters" and an introduction to finding the "nightime jewels in your backyard." <-- author's subtitle, not me waxing poetic.
Pete D.
ps - I'm also told moth pupae are delicious fried, but that would be a terrible waste of future beauty.
The "What bug is this??" people enver replied, and the thing seems to have been eaten by something - only the cocoon or case or ? was left about 10 days after I took this.
So I'm still not completely sure what it is/was!
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10 repliesit's about 3 inches long, soft-ish, and it undulates along the joints when it is touched. Hanging on this branch, and I just slipped a posterboard behind it to isolate it.
Ick?
Sandy r
I'm having visions of one angry hornet or something..
I've been watching it every day and it hasn't moved since.
Plus it's way bigger than any moth pupae I've seen - except for the luna moth, and this isn't that.
Good idea about whatsthatbug.com! Thanks!
Sandy
I'm having visions of one angry hornet or something..
I've been watching it every day and it hasn't moved since.
Plus it's way bigger than any moth pupae I've seen - except for the luna moth, and this isn't that.
Good idea about whatsthatbug.com! Thanks!
Sandy
Guy
I asked the "What bug is this people" and will share the response.
Sandy
If it's 3" long that is going to be one big, beautiful and impressive moth.
There is a very good book "Discovering Moths" by John Himmelman. It is not a guide book. Instead it is a story of the authors infatuation with moths, a peek into the world of moth "hunters" and an introduction to finding the "nightime jewels in your backyard." <-- author's subtitle, not me waxing poetic.
Pete D.
ps - I'm also told moth pupae are delicious fried, but that would be a terrible waste of future beauty.
So I'm still not completely sure what it is/was!
Sandy r