Many months ago in the summer weather of August 2017, my family and I were vacationing in the hills of Virginia, just miles away from Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson. We found something at the campground: a very large caterpillar. Being the nature lovers we are, we quickly collected our "specimen" in a Starbucks iced-coffee cup and gave this caterpillar some leaves to chew on (although I don't think it needed to grow anymore... This thing was HUGE). Then, the next day, it had built it's cocoon and went to sleep for who knows how long. Months went by. We thought our caterpillar would never awake. But yesterday it did. One of the last things we expected to see crawling around our house, this fat, wrinkled, wet Polyphemus moth was a very startling sight to see. But it hatched! After over half a year, it hatched. Almost like a resurrection. Here are some pictures I took of the moth (click to enlarge) Thanks for reading. Happy Easter everyone!
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EBA
3/31/2018 07:11:50 am
Owl eyes on it’s wings.
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3/31/2018 10:06:42 am
Great photos. And what an huge surprise! Literally. How big is the moth?
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3/31/2018 04:14:18 pm
Thank you! It was a huge surprise. The moth has a wingspan of 4 1/2in. and its body is 2 in. long. Crazy!
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