COLD DARK ROOM

CarolM

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South Africa - Cape Town
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Good Morning There.
This is a place where people from different parts of the world pull up armadillos and sit on it while waiting for Montgomery to bring them a cup of coffee or tea ( whichever is your brew of choice). We chat with each other about anything and everything while poking jellyfish for a little light every now and then. Watch out for the hedgehogs as their quills can be painful. Don't worry if your carrots go missing that is just the snow leopard having something to eat. I am Carol from sunny Cape Town and I hope you will stick around for while and enjoy the fun and pun loving roommates in here.
 

Kristoff

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Ottawa, Ontario

Kristoff

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Cleaned up our front porch in preps for cold weather, Winter and the wintry sleet/snow mix we are forecast to get over the next day and a half. While cleaning the small plant tables, found this cocoon attached beneath.

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I carefully removed from the table, shook about, can feel the presence of a pretty large pupa.

From doing some Google searches, it looks to belong to a Cecropia Silkmoth. Here’s a link to the entire Cecropia moth lifecycle. http://www.wormspit.com/cecropia.htm Pretty cool.

I’ll put this guy to sleep for the Winter in our garden shed.

That's a mammoth of a pupa! o_O
I just scrolled through the link quickly. That guy is crazy for touching the caterpillar! :eek:
 

Kristoff

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We ain't done nothing wrong, officer... :eek:
Welcome to the CDR :) Just grab an armadillo and the One-legged Pirate will be over shortly with a beverage of your choice. Prod a flying jellyfish if you need more light, and try not to step on a hedgehog. Especially one of @*debora*'s cute ones! We're an international room of friends, or nutjobs, depending on who you ask. ;)
 

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