COCOONS !!
Two nights ago, I had two of my babies graduate :)....last night there was this guy.
I woke up at 4:30 this morning and decided to attend to the worms, as it usually takes over an hour to clean and install new branches. This guy had just started spinning, you could see him weaving and bobbing inside...but ... two of his buddies were trying to eat the leaves he was using for support.
well...mom came to the rescue....encouraged one to completely leave the branch, but the other guy was very stubborn, so I hooked some leaves up for him to eat. You can see his belly in the lower left hand part of the picture.
btw....as reference to how much they have grown....you see the little stem that exits the pic at the lower left?....that is thicker than these guys were when they hatched...amazing huh?
I predict that there will be three more graduate tonight or tomorrow night....
does a spinner proud when her babies learn how to spin silk
