I am a lucky, lucky potato. I took a trip to Stensbรฆk Hede early this morning. First I found the severed wings of a male Saturnia pavonia -Lille Natpรฅfugleรธje -Emperor Moth. Two minutes later I found a female laying eggs and then another female.

#MothsMatter #Mothing #Lepidoptera #Entemology #iNaturalist

in reply to Maria Petersen

I found a dying female once and brought her home, where she laid some eggs. One of them survived past mini caterpillar stage and then it made a cocoon - I forgot about it in my office until one morning there was a horrible stench, and I was privileged to watch a moth emerge from the cocoon.

From an egg the size of a grain of salt to a weird spiky caterpillar that eats lots of leaves to a moth - nature is amazing!

Beautiful photo by the way.

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