[NatureNS] Re: large cocoon

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2007 19:01:41 -0300
From: Ken MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca>
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Dave, I picked a similar cocoon from an azalea and also found a tan, hairy, 
but otherwise featureless body inside.  It was warm to the touch.  The 
cocoon was a sort of elongated triangular shape almost 3.5 inches long (like 
a big, parchment brazil nut) and the creature within about 2 inches long. 
I'm guessing it may be one of the large moths like a cecropia or sphingidae. 
I have kept it safe and hope my damaging the outer covering has not 
jeopardized the creature.  I had, at first, thought it was some kind of 
azalea gall or spiders nest.  Does anyone know when this may "hatch"?
Ken MacAulay
Port Mouton, NS 

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