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Sunday, July 10, 2022
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Colorado
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AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGG!!!!
Im sure this is the result of letting my wife experience the wonders of nature a year or two ago. As a kid I raised sooo many caterpillars to butterflies and she had never seen such a thing. So when I found a horn worm I brought it inside and we fed it the extra pruning of our tomato plants. It grew full sized then buried its self in the dirt of the container. My wife read it would hatch in 4 weeks. I knew better since it was almost october it wouldn't hatch until spring. I don't think she believed me and was sure is just died under the dirt. I even found the cocoon and showed it to her. Well... come spring she saw the cats stalking and staring at the container. lo and behiold a beautiful humming bird moth had emerged. She promptly released it outside before I got home from work. I'm guessing she knew I would of let the cats have some fun. Anyway now Im reaping the rewards, as I suspect this little horn worm and her brothers and sisters are decedents of the one we raised and set free.
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