Let's see, eating, eating, pooping, eating and more pooping. That is basically what's been taking place since the baby Luna Moth's have been born. I started out using a vase to house them. I would just put some Sweetgum leaves in the vase, cover the top with screening (secured with a rubberband) and put them in it. I would have to clean it every other day.

First I used these for housing....

This picture is from 8/31/08.

Well, they are about 1" long now and the boys and I have come to the realization that we needed to construct for the future. Their future specifically. Luna Moth caterpillars get to be 3 1/8" long. Whew! We have 14 of them. Thank the Lord our friend took 5 of them! After reading about them, I found out that they will eat a person out of house and home. We need to make sure we have a readily available supply of Sweetgum which we do.

Anyway, back to the mothhouse that we constructed. We just got wood, screening and plastic. We sawed the wood to size, nailed them all together and stapled on the screen and plastic. That's about it. It is big enough for them to grow into and is easy to clean! Yeah! 

Now this is the life for the Lunas!

Welp, all we do now is watch, measure and observe! What an awesome experience this has been. Biology has truly never been so much fun.....well for me at least. It just fascinates me. God is incredible! Truly!

Fun Fact: Luna Moth adults do not have mouths. They mate, reproduce and die.