and took it home to see if anything would hatch from it. After a couple of days, I woke up one morning to find a hole in the one end.....
and this moth climbing around the container in which I was keeping it. This is his back....
and his stomach....
These cocoon spinning moths are sometimes farmed and the silk is used to spin yarn from. When dyed, this makes the most beautiful clothes and scarves.
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