Comments on: Small things bright and beautiful

By: JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 16:38:30 +0000

FUNKY! THANKS FOR THE INFO MANGESH

By: Mangesh

Mangesh — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:31:05 +0000

hey John: It’s about 5-6 inches long as a caterpillar, and a 75 mm wingspan as an adult accoding to Wikipedia.

By: JOHN BROWN

JOHN BROWN — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:20:59 +0000

I NOTICED SEVERAL OF YOU GUYS STATE THAT THE CATEPILLAR AFTER TURNING INTO A MOTH GETS VERY LARGE. HOW BIG IS LARGE?
BY THE WAY, I’M A 42 YR OLD CECROPIA, WOULD YOU GO OUT WITH ME?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:14:39 +0000

I don’t give a flip what those other folks say. This thing is seriously lying in wait for someone like me: I’ll be stolling along, chillaxing and whistling a tune, and I look down and notice some floor-Skittles! Lucky Day! I’d krunch on a “Skittle” and instead, some caterpiller juice would squirt out. I’d promptly die from absolute fright.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:23:28 +0000

I learned of Cecropia Moths when the nature group at a community center I go to decided to raise some. It was facinating! Then a year ago I found one living on the side of my building and got to sit one evening and watch it spin it’s cacoon. Absolutely amazing! Not only can you hear them chew, if you watch closly, you can see the silk spinning out of they’re mouths until the cacoon gets insulated enough to be opaque. I fell in love with these little guys!

By: Carla

Carla — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:15:20 +0000

Incredible creature! Where did you find them to raise? I have raised luna moth caterpillars which become beautifulmoths, but this looks like a Japanese candy.

By: Coeli

Coeli — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:28:18 +0000

Cecropias are amazing. I raised a brood of them myself, the summer I was sixteen. By the final instar, they are absolutely enormous. One can hear them chew.