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Monday, 20 July 2009

Noah's moth

Noah discovered a little green caterpillar in his wheelbarrow under the wild cherry tree a while back.  He loved that little caterpillar so we decided to keep him in Sol's bug barn for a bit.  Just the next day, he started to transform into a crysallis.  

He remained like this for twenty odd days and we could see him squirming slightly in his safe little house.  Then miraculously, a beautiful moth emerged.  We let him free in the kitchen and off he went.  What a beautiful little moth, Noah's moth was.  How priviledged we were to watch his transformation.  The pictures are not good, they're blurry, but there he is nevertheless.

5 comments:

  1. Noah you have a beautiful moth! What a lovely learning experience. This Summer, I will take a photo of our butterfly wall to share with you. This wall is covered with butterfly cocoons .

    Have a lovely day

    Xx
    Suzanne

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  2. What a neat thing to watch!

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  3. The moth is so pretty...I've never seen one that looks like this.

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  4. How beautiful! I've never seen a moth like this before. So glad to see others appreciate moths, they are usually so overshadowed by their butterfly brothers!

    Lisa :)

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  5. Hi dear Suzanne, Noah will be so pleased you said his moth was beautiful. He was so proud of his moth. How incredible that you have a wall covered with butterfly cocoons during summer. Please do share a photo when it's time!
    Have a great day, dear friend.

    Hi movinginspirals,
    It was a wonderful thing to watch. Samll things like that are important - they give such happiness. So lovely for children to experience these things so naturally.
    Best wishes to you.

    Dear Tammy
    It is such a pretty little moth with intricate patterns. Moths are beautiful so long as they stay out of my wool!!

    Hi Lisa,
    Moths certainly are interesting little creatures. I remember the post you did some time back about creating a beautiful garden for moths - planting white flowers. I loved that post!
    Best wishes
    Kelly

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