Friday, August 19, 2011
Moths hatching from their eggs
9th August:
I found something interesting happening on a wall in our home. A Moth was delivering eggs! I captured those wonderful moments:
The Moth was tilting its body like a spindle to lay the eggs. It was wonderful. The pattern it followed to lay the eggs was worth a watch. It starts from one end and searches for a vacant spot beside an already-laid egg, and sticks the new egg there!
After an hour passed, the mother Moth flew away:
August 11th:
The yellowish eggs turned into a dark shade and guess what, two of them were hatching!
Take a closer look at the above images and you will see two eggs hatching a the top. Actually, those were the last eggs their mother laid.
After an hour or so, I was surprised to see all the eggs turned into small, tiny caterpillars:
August 12th:
I am sad. Why? The mother Moth is no more. I found it's dead body on the ground.
August 13th:
Each of the kids (the caterpillars) started disappearing. They might have flown away by wind. I could not spot them anywhere.
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