A Bit About Moths 2.

Why Moths?

My answer to the question "Why Moths?" is that they are fascinating - the more you know about them the more contradictions there are. They are all, moths (and butterflies), little miracles.
This is their cycle of life - They:

• start off as eggs (left unattended);
• hatch into caterpillars (Larva);
• feed voraciously on a chosen type of plant
     until they have fully grown;
• create a cocoon around themselves, forming
     a chrysalis ready for hibernation;
• attach it to something suitable;
• some 'hibernate' as a chrysalis (Pupa), often
     through incredibly hard, wet and cold
     or hot & dry weather;
• break out of the chrysalis, transformed into a winged and fully grown moth;
• some adults, like the wonderfully colourful "Herald" hibernate over the winter period in caves;
• find a mate and start the whole process off again;
• die.

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