Nature walk

Today we got to see two newly hatched moths. Last week we went into the building at the gardens and the workers there told us about two cocoons they had in an observation box by the window to their office. They told us how another little came every week to see them. They told us that we could get hummingbird hand stamps every time we visited. So, this week we went to visit them and got a special treat. The two moths had hatched.

The moths were huge and beautiful. The worker told us that they could tell they were male moths because of the feathery antennae. Sure enough we could see the little feathery lines poking off the antennae. The moths were mostly brown and white. They had white crescent moon shapes on the wings.

The lady who gave out hand stamps had stepped out for a moment, but Glitter wanted to wait until she came back to get a hand stamp. While we were waiting Sparkle drew a picture of the two moths, including the feathery antennae.