The caterpillar from 8/11/10 has hatched. Metamorphosis is an amazing process how a caterpillar reorganises it's tissues to form a flying insect but understandable when you realise it is simply normal development suspended for awhile. As the egg develops instead of proceeding straight to a flying insect, it hatches and the larvae feeds and grows, before going back into the development process. In evolutionary terms, this actually makes sense as it reduces food competition between the young and mature of the species.
It looks like it was a
common anthelid moth or
Anthela acuta.
Whilst it is plain it is still a thing of beauty
Also some of our Christmas decorations including "Woody" - our reindeer.
I'm still busy preparing a presentation on the Paleolithic diet and also I
have another more medical presentation to prepare that requires quite a lot of reading and study. Thus less blogging for awhile.
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