Giant Leopard Moth ( One, Black Pupa )

Description:

Giant Leopard Moth - Giant Woollybear Caterpillar: About two months ago, one Giant Woollybear Caterpillar, dug under a pile of leaves and twigs, to hibernate during the wintertime, and to build a silken cocoon, which is now inside one of my terrariums. After about two months, I decided to check up on this Giant Woollybear Caterpillar. I slowly and gently, removed some of the leaves and twigs, from where the Giant Woollybear Caterpillar, was suppose to be. Sometime later, I spotted a thin, yellow, net-like cocoon, which was made out of yellow silk, attached to different parts of the leaves and twigs. I gently opened up this cocoon with my fingers, and inside, was a beautiful, black pupa. At one end of this pupa, was its shed exoskeleton, which was made up of black setae. In my three photos, you can see parts of this cocoon. The yellow silk from this cocoon, the black pupa, and the remains of its shed exoskeleton. I now removed all of the leaves and twigs from this terrarium, and I gently placed this one black pupa, on the floor of this terrarium. I will now wait, until this one black pupa, will eclose in the springtime, and then change into a beautiful moth. About a week later, I let my older brother, ( who is also a nature lover ), have this black pupa, to put inside one of his terrariums....

Habitat:

The Giant Leopard Moth, or eyed tiger moth, ( Hypercompe scribonia ), is a moth of the family Erebidae. It is distributed through North America, from southern Ontario, and southern and eastern United States, through New England, Mexico, and down to Panama.

Notes:

This Giant Woollybear Caterpillar, dug under a pile of leaves and twigs, to hibernate during the wintertime. While under this pile of leaves, this Giant Woollybear Caterpillar, built a silken cocoon, which was made out of yellow silk. Inside this silken cocoon, this Giant Woollybear Caterpillar, changed into a black pupa. Sometime in the springtime, a beautiful moth, will appear on top of these leaves and twigs, ready to fly away, mate, lay eggs, and to start a new generation of baby caterpillars.....