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It’s been two weeks exactly since our Polyphemus moth finished spinning its cocoon.
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That’s when the magic is supposed to happen.
No action yet…
But I’ll keep you posted.
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Nothing yet…
Tag Archives: nature
Destructive, but oh… so cool!
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I have a pretty pink hanging geranium on our back deck.
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I love it, but apparently I’m not the only one.
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Something has been eating the leaves and I finally found the culprit.
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He’s tiny, but is really doing a number to my plant.
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Bizarre, yet beautiful.
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I’m fascinated by these freaky things.
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After a little research… I discovered he’s much prettier in caterpillar form.
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Foggy morning menace.
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She’s still here.
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And claiming the back deck for her own.
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Surveying her domain and deciding what she can chew through next.
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Everyone thinks she’s cute and harmless…
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But I know better.
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Outnumbered, but undeterred.
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Birds on the pole, woodchuck under the pole.
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And squaring off with a starling in the flat feeder?
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The red demon spawn.
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She looks a little intimidated here… but right after I took the picture she charged and claimed the seeds for herself.
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She may be outnumbered.
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But she’s definitely undeterred.
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Random rambling.
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten, caught mid -stalk.
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It’s been an unusually wet summer and while this time of year usually finds our lawn dry and crunchy, the grass is verdant green.
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Which shows off the rainbows to perfection.
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I don’t care if it tastes good, the can alone would make me try it.
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I could never make decent shadow figures when I was young, but I found this recently and wanted to share. The spider looks like a scorpion and the puppy resembles a hippo but they’re still better than I ever managed.
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Mr. Hawk is back and has discovered a power line perch.
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Whether that’s a very brave or very stupid dove has yet to be determined.
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Another rainbow.
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Last chuck standing.
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Momma Chuck has left the building and only one of her five offspring is left.
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He shows up every morning and in the early evening for his treats…
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But I have to say…
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He looks a little lonely…
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Poor little guy…
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No. You can’t come in…
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She’s still here.
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That red demon spawn of a rodent…
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And she’s been manically searching for a way in.
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Of course all that scampering about searching for entry is tiring…
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So sometimes, she just chills.
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So close..
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Lord Dudley Mountcatten spotted the red menace on his walk the other day and ran at full speed into the woodshed.
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He climbed up the wood and searched…
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But didn’t come close to catching her.
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He’s just not fast enough for that troublesome witch.
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Alpha bird.
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Our buddy is back.
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And has taken over the bird feeding station.
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Needless to say the other birds disappeared quickly.
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As did the red menace which is a real shame.
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She’d make a tasty hawk nugget.
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This is a short boring video, but I did catch him flying off so there’s that.
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The countdown to a whole new Polly begins.
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There it is…
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Our fully cocooned Polyphemus moth on a piece of stone siding on our not quite finished front porch.
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According to my research, it will hatch in two weeks.
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I’m really hoping it’s a male.
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Because that’s one bad *ss moth!
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