Yes Mr Caty has emerged as Mr Mothy.


It happened early last night, just before tea.

We didn't catch the exact moment as we're sure Mr Caty waited for the moment when we weren't watching.

The boys were more impressed with this stage in the cycle than any other stage. 
This stage had the "Wow" factor for them.


We're fairly sure he wasn't long emerged from his cocoon


 as he still had his wings in a vertical position and was content to just sit and primp and prepare himself for life as a moth.


He also spent some time curling and uncurling his proboscis. 


Before long he moved his wings to an open position.


We placed a piece of clear plastic over the top of the insect cage so that we could observe our moth more easily.



  For those who love the gory details (skip this next photo if you don't), Mr Mothy fluttered and squirted a watery blood-like fluid from his body in the process of preparing himself to live as a moth.


We used our microscope, that can be removed from its stand and used more like a camera, to observe his details more closely.

a close up of Mr Moth's wings

an even closer image of his wings

I thought Ethan was crazy when he said that Mr Mothy had green eyes.  They looked dark to me but under the microscope (or with the young eyesight of a small boy) they are most definitely green.

how cool is this image...we love our microscope!!

The boys suggested that we find out how to care for a moth but I convinced them that it was time to let Mr Mothy head out into the world to do what God had in mind for him (although we did miss checking on him today).

So we turned off the lights in our home and opened the doors to our well-lit patio and waited for Mr Mothy to take his first flight.  (Hubby was reprimanded for joking about turning on the electric bug zapper!)


It was quite some time but he eventually flew off towards the light and danced happily around the lights with his mothy friends.

The boys called to Mr Mothy telling him to return when it was time to lay his eggs and have babies...if he turns out to be a she that is.


Farewell Mr Mothy

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