Goodbye to Summer ‘08
Kids are back in school. The political conventions are over and the campaigning is in full swing. (Go McCain — Palin!) The days, though getting shorter have been hot. Just the kind of days where you want to be cooling of in a friends pool or taking a spontaneous trip to Myrtle Beach — and that is what Caleb has been up to.
The day after hurricane Hanna came through the Carolinas, we picked up and headed down to Myrtle Beach for a few end of summer days on the beach. Caleb enjoyed the surf and sun, and even picked up a case of athletes foot from the pool.
We found a large caterpillar in our garage and we moved him to Caleb’s bug box. In a day he had made a cocoon for himself. Now we are anxiously awaiting the metamorphosis. Does anybody know what kind of moth/butterfly we have?
Sounds like fun! I bet it’s nice not being landlocked!
I love the new pics! I feel weird even admitting I know this, but I think your new little “friend” might be a polythemus. From the picture it looks very similar to one we found at Dan Nicholas about this time of year over 10 years ago. We, too, put it in a container and had a cocoon within a day or two. It hatched and we released it into the “wild” (our backyard). Good luck with yours!
Oooops! Spelled the name wrong-it’s polyphemus(a type of moth).
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