May 192014
On my walk late this afternoon, I was startled and delighted to discover that the Saturniid moth whose cocoon I photographed earlier this year had chosen this very day to emerge. It was a female tulip-tree silkmoth (Callosamia angulifera). What a beautiful creature, and how fortunate I was to be passing by — and to notice this moth — at the time of her emergence.
As an addendum, I discovered the next day that I was mistaken — it was a different moth from the one in the cocoon! The cocoon remains intact as of 23 May, and I continue to await the emergence of yet another moth.
