BIG moth trouble

Joel Lyons jrlyons at bellsouth.net
Tue Jun 12 00:37:12 EDT 2001


 A glass of milk and a cookie, Ron.  You WILL be able
 to manage this, we're counting on you.

Ron Gatrelle wrote:

> It's midnight. My wife is soundly asleep. In the morning I am going to be
> in big trouble. As you may know, my cecropia larvae are making their
> cocoons. Well, I moved them into a big cardboard box - open top - in the
> kitchen. Sure, occasionally one wanders out, but they are slow and don't
> get far and I get em back in. I have everything under control - really.
> Hearing this odd noise a little bit ago I noted that my wife's prized
> potted palm - which has a frond that just happens to hang down kinda close
> to the cecropia box ---- OK, it touches the box. Hey, how was I to know one
> would get on her plant and make its cocoon!!! Maybe if I turn it..... she
> won't see it.... then. Oh, boy.  Hummm, no, I'm not going to look behind
> the book shelf, I'm not going to look behind the book shelf, I'm not going
> to look behind the book shelf, there are no more loose, there are no more
> loose, there are no more loose, I am not going to die, I am not going to
> die, I am not going to die, yes I am.  Honey, they're good for the plant.
> No, she won't go for that either. It's midnight -- I have 7 more hours...
>
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