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Index of Subjects --967773369-62888441-1383760162=:24876 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Just to let you know Bev the moth never came out. About a week=0Aor so ago = the cocoon disappeared. I was feeding Chippy peanuts=0Aon the back step and= the Blue Jays were horning in - perhaps they=0Amistook it for a peanut.=0A= Yesterday I was raking the leaves and a piece of bark had fallen=0Afrom a d= ead branch in the old oak tree. It was about 1 m long=0Aand 12 - 15 cms wid= e. It landed outside up with the inside on the grass. It laid there about a= week before I cleaned it up. On the inside of the bark there was 2 green c= aterpillars. About the size of=A0=0Aa wooly bear but a bright yellowish gre= en color. Pretty things. I cann't say if they came from the grass or were o= n the bark before it fell. I put it in the woods so it has a little protect= ion come winter.=0AToday a winter Caddis Fly was on a rhodo leaf. The first= I've seen this fall but they will be there from now til real cold weather = sets in.=0AThey like leaves in the brook but some folks burn them - Go figu= re=A0=0Athat out.=0AEnjoy the fall=0APaul=0A=0A=0AOn Wednesday, August 21, = 2013 9:01:31 AM, bev wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> wrote:=0A =0AHello Paul = =A0- and all,=0A=0ARegarding the caterpillar and length of time until a mot= h emerges. =A0The following may be of some use, although I am unsure what h= appens this late in the season.=0A=0AIn 2004, I photographed a Rusty Tussoc= k Moth (Orgyia antiqua) caterpillar, kept it in a jar, and photographed the= moth after it eclosed.=0AThis is a photgraph of the caterpillar when first= found on July 10.http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31819338=0AMy notes = below the photo state: =A0=0AI brought this caterpillar indoors on July 10,= 2004, and put it in a glass jar with some honeysuckle leaves. =A0I covered= the jar with a piece of paper towel secured with an elastic. =A0Within abo= ut 24 to 36 hours, the caterpillar had made a thin, gauzy, yellowish cocoon= on the underside of the papertowel lid. =A0It emerged as a moth on July 23= , 2004.=0AHere are two photos of the moth - photographed live while resting= on a piece of paper:http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31818845http://ww= w.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31818846=0AIt's a rather cool looking little mo= th. =A0=0AGood luck with your experiment!=0A=0Abev wigney=0ARound Hill, NS = (in summer)=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0ASent from my iPad=0A=0AOn 2013-08-21,= at 7:53 AM, Paul MacDonald <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> wrote:=0A=0A=0AHi All= =0A>The caterpillar has formed a cocoon.=0A>Don't know what you call it now= !=0A>It seems to have used all the hairs on its body to=0A>make the outside= of the cocoon along with other=0A>material to hold the hairs together.=0A>= An interesting procedure.=0A>Anyone know how long before the moth emerges?= =0A>Have a nice day=0A>Paul=0A>=A0=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> --967773369-62888441-1383760162=:24876 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:He= lveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;fo= nt-size:14pt"><div><span>Just to let you know Bev the moth never came out. = About a week</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px= ; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida G= rande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><sp= an>or so ago the cocoon disappeared. I was feeding Chippy peanuts</span></d= iv><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: Helveti= caNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; ba= ckground-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>on the back step an= d the Blue Jays were horning in - perhaps they</span></div><div style=3D"co= lor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica = Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>mistook it for a peanut.</span></d= iv><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: Helveti= caNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; ba= ckground-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Yesterday I was rak= ing the leaves and a piece of bark had fallen</span></div><div style=3D"col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica N= eue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: tran= sparent; font-style: normal;"><span>from a dead branch in the old oak tree.= It was about 1 m long</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-= size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial,= 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: no= rmal;"><span>and 12 - 15 cms wide. It landed outside up with the inside on = the grass. It laid there about a week before I cleaned it up. On the inside of the bark there was 2 green caterpillars. About the size of = </span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-famil= y: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans= -serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">a wooly bear bu= t a bright yellowish green color. Pretty things. I cann't say if they came = from the grass or were on the bark before it fell. I put it in the woods so= it has a little protection come winter.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0= , 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvet= ica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; fon= t-style: normal;">Today a winter Caddis Fly was on a rhodo leaf. The first = I've seen this fall but they will be there from now til real cold weather s= ets in.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-famil= y: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">They like = leaves in the brook but some folks burn them - Go figure </div><div st= yle=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'H= elvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-c= olor: transparent; font-style: normal;">that out.</div><div style=3D"color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue= ', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transpa= rent; font-style: normal;">Enjoy the fall</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); font-size: 19px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helve= tica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent; fo= nt-style: normal;">Paul</div><div class=3D"yahoo_quoted" style=3D"display: = block;"> <br> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', H= elvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style=3D"font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, '= Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size= =3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 9:01:31 AM, bev wigney= <bkwigney@gmail.com> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class=3D"y_msg_= container"><div id=3D"yiv6951666270"><div><div><div><div>Hello Paul -= and all,</div><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div>Regarding the caterpillar= and length of time until a moth emerges. The following may be of som= e use, although I am unsure what happens this late in the season.</div><div= ><br clear=3D"none"></div><div>In 2004, I photographed a Rusty Tussock Moth= (Orgyia antiqua) caterpillar, kept it in a jar, and photographed the moth = after it eclosed.</div><div>This is a photgraph of the caterpillar when fir= st found on July 10.</div><a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" target=3D"_bla= nk" href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31819338">http://www.pbase.co= m/crocodile/image/31819338</a></div><div>My notes below the photo state: &n= bsp;</div><div>I brought this caterpillar indoors on July 10, 2004, and put= it in a glass jar with some honeysuckle leaves. I covered the jar wi= th a piece of paper towel secured with an elastic. Within about 24 to= 36 hours, the caterpillar had made a thin, gauzy, yellowish cocoon on the = underside of the papertowel lid. It emerged as a moth on July 23, 200= 4.</div><div>Here are two photos of the moth - photographed live while rest= ing on a piece of paper:</div><a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" target=3D"= _blank" href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31818845">http://www.p= base.com/crocodile/image/31818845</a></div><a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rec= t" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31818846"= >http://www.pbase.com/crocodile/image/31818846</a><div>It's a rather cool l= ooking little moth. </div><div>Good luck with your experiment!</div><div><b= r clear=3D"none"></div><div>bev wigney</div><div>Round Hill, NS (in summer)= </div><div><br clear=3D"none"><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div><br clear= =3D"none"><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div><div><br clear=3D"none"><br cl= ear=3D"none">Sent from my iPad</div><div><div class=3D"yiv6951666270yqt8222= 102288" id=3D"yiv6951666270yqtfd16012"><br clear=3D"none">On 2013-08-21, at= 7:53 AM, Paul MacDonald <<a rel=3D"nofollow" shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"= mailto:paulrita2001@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank" href=3D"mailto:paulrita200= 1@yahoo.com">paulrita2001@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br clear=3D"none"><br cl= ear=3D"none"></div></div><div class=3D"yiv6951666270yqt8222102288" id=3D"yi= v6951666270yqtfd70987"><div></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div style= =3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family:= arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div><span>Hi All</span></= div><div><span>The caterpillar has formed a cocoon.</span></div><div><span>Don't know what you call it now!</= span></div><div><span>It seems to have used all the hairs on its body to</s= pan></div><div><span>make the outside of the cocoon along with other</span>= </div><div><span>material to hold the hairs together.</span></div><div><spa= n>An interesting procedure.</span></div><div><span>Anyone know how long bef= ore the moth emerges?</span></div><div><span>Have a nice day</span></div><d= iv><span>Paul<var id=3D"yiv6951666270yui-ie-cursor"></var></span></div><div= ><span></span> </div><div><br clear=3D"none"></div><div style=3D"font-= family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><div style=3D"font-= family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div= class=3D"yiv6951666270y_msg_container"><br clear=3D"none"></div> </div> </= div> </div></div></blockquote></div></div><div class=3D"yiv6951666270yqt82= 22102288" id=3D"yiv6951666270yqtfd48968"><div></div></div></div></div></div></div><b= r><br></div> </div> </div> </div> </div></body></html> --967773369-62888441-1383760162=:24876--
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