HAPPY NEW WEEK!
I hope everyone has a wonderful and healthy week!
I have a small natural sack hanging from a branch next to my front door. It feels like papery leather, and there's clearly something inside it, because it moves on its own! It's oddly heavy! I've been concerned that it may have been made by a swarm of wasps or a large bat.
I think I've finally figured out what built it and is living in it. I believe it's a Cecropia moth, a giant silk moth. These are the largest moths in North America, and they can be more than 7 inches wide or 18 centimeters. They appear as big as a human hand. I hope I'm outdoors when the cocoon opens. Here's a photo showing what the cocoon looks like (mine is wider than this one):
Cecropia Moth CocoonPhoto labeled "Public Domain" (copyright free)
Here's a photo showing what the moth will look like, if that's what comes out:
Cecropia Moth, giant silk mothPhoto labeled "Public Domain" (copyright free)
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ANNETTE & OH
Local police were called to a large gathering (>10 not allowed) of hoon drivers doing burnouts. In their haste to get away, several crashed into each other. Police added further charges! On a very sad note – yesterday in Victoria police pulled over a speeding driver, called for backup, large truck ploughed into & killed 4 police. Truck driver had a medical “episode”, not known yet if before or after. Meanwhile the speedster took off.
One enterprising pair of neighbours removed a fence panel & replaced it with a perspex panel. The kids can chat & perform. The parents “share” cups of tea or wine and sometimes a meal at 2 separate tables.
Our Aussie Post is so inundated with parcels (online shopping) that they will deliver only letters every second day. We only get “window” letters anyway.
Good Morning. Love your thought for the day, AQ!! That's a very sad story about the police.
ANNETTE - I did not realize that “hoon” is an Aussie & NZ term. It is a person, usually a young male, who drives recklessly, often with an audience of mates. Speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, screeching tyres. What do you call them? or are yours well-behaved?
I don't know about California but up here we call them 'boy racers' AQ !