Topic: Dear Diary , the second edition
s1owhand's photo
Mon 10/29/07 08:53 PM
jess what did it look like? i have raised giant moths.
the caterpillars are magnificent and huge and the giant
moths are gorgeous. my favorite is Luna. so pretty with
those long tails and creamy green color.

last year a Cecropia spent the night on my porch and
i brought him inside for the kids to see and play with!
they really loved it! then we took him back outside and
let him go...

and i have also raised Polyphemus bigsmile

i also like the beautiful colors of underwings....

Jess642's photo
Mon 10/29/07 09:04 PM
Sorry s1ow, I couldn't see your post...weird.

It was all the sooty greys of the bushland here, with a beautiful mask, and an orange red spot on the middle of his forhead.

His underbelly was so fat and thick, and was banded in cream and grey. His wings looked like the patterns of dark and light grey bark.

His legs were a creamy colour.

His face was like a fuzzy teddy bear.

So cool.

s1owhand's photo
Mon 10/29/07 09:29 PM
maybe a giant australian wood moth. never seen them except pictures. don't know what their caterpillars look like but
the ones of the giant moths here in N. Amer. are huge and
just grand. have heard that some of the Aussie ones live like
3 years and get like 15 cm long.

majestic creatures. i was an amateur lepidopterist as a kid...

Jess642's photo
Mon 10/29/07 09:39 PM
I just mailed the stuff to you, s1ow, apparently they can grow up to 23 cms....how's that for a big moth...whoa!

It would eat a winter coat in an hour!!noway laugh laugh

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 09:40 PM
should I give them a little branch to make their cocoons ??
should'nt they be in there coccons sleepin by now??
I am concerned , and NO I am NOT taking them to the VET...noway laugh

s1owhand's photo
Mon 10/29/07 10:12 PM
dd,

do you know what kind they are?

they will likely make their cocoons or chrysalis on the leaves...bit twigs won't hurt. they'll need the right kind of food to reach full size...there are some sites out there describing how to raise your caterpillars to maturity. it takes some patience but it is fun!!

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 10:49 PM
well they seem to love the sunflower leaves , I always called them whooly bear caterpillars , there really furry , black fur with an orange stripe around the waist , they can be toxic if handled to much too, those furrys are irratating from what I have herd.....bigsmile

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Mon 10/29/07 10:49 PM
yawn..mornin purple...
almost
7am here and pitch black outside.....ughnoway noway

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:00 PM
11:00 pm here ...pitch black ........ as per usual........bigsmile

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Mon 10/29/07 11:43 PM
Dear diary......Im so glad that work is over and I get 2 days off!!!drinker

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Mon 10/29/07 11:46 PM
smokin drinker smokin Dear diary......I wish people would put the psychotic nutbars where they belong and not where I work??noway

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:46 PM
YAY!!!!!!!!
ITS YOUR FRIDAY EH !!!!!!!
happy

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:47 PM
I WAS HERE ALL ALONG!!...I WASNT THERE!!noway

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Mon 10/29/07 11:50 PM
ohhhhhhhh purple!!!! you have no idea!!!! I swear its worse on this ward than in the alzheimers ward!!!noway noway noway

What pisses me off is that some of the truly nutbar people should be placed in a mental institution and not where I am!!! ****ing ringing bells every 60 seconds and then saying they didnt do it.......its ****ing bull****!!!grumble explode :angry: mad so here I drink....drinker drinker drinker drinker

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Mon 10/29/07 11:51 PM
I NEED AN ADIVAN!!!laugh laugh laugh laugh

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:52 PM
oh I can kinda imagine the nonsense you have to put up with ...noway

your home now....bigsmile relax...........AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!put your feet up on johnson on , an have a drink an ...aaaaaaa
2 days to savor......bigsmile flowerforyou

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Mon 10/29/07 11:54 PM
dEAR DIARY.......THANK PURPLE FOR REMINDING ME OF JOHNSON!!!love laugh laugh

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:55 PM
happy
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:smile:

Belushi's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:57 PM
[yaaaaaawwwwnn]

[scratch]

its 655am here and the boats are all pointing to the west.

the sea is gently rippling and the fishermen are all coughing, hacking and discussing the voluptuous blonde on page 3 of a tabloid newspaper ...

"ITS A MAN, YOU SCHMUCKS!!!"

They will never learn.

Its another beautiful autumnal day here in the ar5e-end of the universe.

Is it March yet?

purplecat's photo
Mon 10/29/07 11:59 PM
still Roctober on the 49th parallel .......bigsmile