Stumpy (AKA, Giant Moth of Doom)posted May 17th 2007, 10:58PM
Mood: Squiggly
Music: random whatever is on this mix cd
maybe not 'of Doom', but definitely Giant...
So, a couple of weeks ago, I found a giant cocoon on the ground while I was walking home from a doctor's appointment. Since it was on the ground, I thought it was dead, and since I have a tendency to collect odd stuff like that (I have a bird nest, two bird wings, and a dead baby mouse I found behind my couch, and that's just the stuff I have here in my dorm/apartment ) I picked it up and took it home, sticking it in a clear plastic container and put it up on my windowsill.
Since I thought the thing was *dead*, I really really never expected it to hatch. But *apparently* it *was* still alive, and I guess either last night or when I was running around on my escapades yesterday it hatched! .... except, I feel rather bad, because the container I had put the cocoon in was far too small for him, and although he didn't *die* (he's still alive), there wasn't enough room for his wings to unfurl and dry out properly, so they are rather crumpled and unusable. Poor guy.
But he is *huge*... his body is like... the size of my thumb, and if his wings had had the room to unfold properly, they'd probably be like.... 5 or six inches across. I looked him up online, and found that he's apparently a Polyphemus moth.
I've named him Stumpy.
(now I hust need to get pics of him with Liam... aww~! )
I know~, I miss you too... it's usually 'cause I'm on there later in the evening (for me) and I now have work and have to get up freakin' early in the morning and that means I have to go to bed earlier ;.;.... but I'll be on on the weekends! like today :3
why thank you! I'm mainly just uploading old stuff at the moment, things I'm bringing over from DA. but I'll have some new stuff up as soom as I finish doing that. :3
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) I picked it up and took it home, sticking it in a clear plastic container and put it up on my windowsill.
.... except, I feel rather bad, because the container I had put the cocoon in was far too small for him, and although he didn't *die* (he's still alive), there wasn't enough room for his wings to unfurl and dry out properly, so they are rather crumpled and unusable. Poor guy. 
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