Yesterday when I was opening up the curtains in the morning, I saw something big on the car port wall! H and I went to investigate. A huge moth was out there! It has fuzzy antenae, furry muscular looking legs, and big wings - about a six inch wingspan. I had H put his hand near it so I had a reference for the size of it, and as soon as he did that, the moth started expanding. Then H sneezed and the moth flew to the ground and looked like this:
He was showing off his "eyes." You can't really see it in person, but the middle of the 'eyes' are shiny, and I imagine they would reflect a little and scare off predators. The neighbor cat, Leon, decided to come by shortly after, and then the moth started sort of hopping and flapping his wings. I think we made him nervous! He made H a little nervous too! Normally when we see a cool bug, H asks to put it in his bug box, but he didn't ask about this one!
We also discovered that C thinks it is hilarious if you say "ewww!" Especially in a high pitched voice! And then if you tickle him on top of that....he cracks up! I caught a little bit of that this morning after a diaper change (that's where the "ew" came in!). I love that laugh!
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