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)
Rosy: Well, certainly glad you lived to tell the tale. Hope you get a replacement soon. I had a similar experience with a light in the exhaust hood over our cook top I went to take it out but part of it broke off and remained in the outlet. The appliance was turned off but when I put my hand on the socket I got a shock up my arm - very unsettling. We then turned the power off for that whole part of the kitchen, but still couldn't get the broken part out so now it will just have to wait; fortunately there are three other lights in the hood.
http://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/wildlife-webcams/loch-of-lowes/
RSPB Giving Nature a Home
An amazing 2 letter English word. A reminder that one word in the English language that can be a noun, verb, adjective, adverb and preposition. UP This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv.], [prep.], [adj.], [n] or [v]. It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car. At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special. And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more. When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP! Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . . or not . . . it's UP to you.Now I'll shut UP!
AQ: Heehee. 'Up" post right UP my street. :-) And how lovely - wine in a look-alike pizza box. A turn UP for the books!
Lynette: Not a milestone, so not a milestone that we both missed it. :-)
Hope OG is okay. And where is Forestboar!!