Re: woolly bears was: strange gardening year

Godi,
You might remember that the Luna Moth came up in discussion a few months
back.  They are amazing.  I saw one and photographed it about 25 years ago.
Didn't know then what it was, but recognized it as a treasure.  You're lucky
to have the caterpillar.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Godigarden@cs.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] woolly bears was: strange gardening year


> In a message dated 10/16/03 2:44:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mtalt@hort.net
> writes:
>
>
> > I understand it's a rather nondescript beige moth - not huge as one
> > would expect from the size of the caterpillar, but not tiny, either.
> >
>
> Speaking of moths, I had an absolutely HUGE caterpillar crawl across our
> garage floor the other day. It was lime green and could pull it's head
back into
> it's body, sort of like a turtle. I identified it in the  "National
Audubon
> Society's Insects and Spiders" as the Luna caterpillar. "This beautiful
moth is
> only found in North America. It is now considered an endangered species
because
> many have been killed by polluntants and pesticides".
> I quickly set it out in the garden. What a nice surprise.
> Godi zone 7
> Mt. Vernon VA
>
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