The first of my five Emperor Moth cocoons has hatched at last; a handsome male whose antennae I envy greatly. Why don't we human beings have such adornments? Four to go, so the odds are that I'll get a female to experiment with 'calling'. Otherwise the trap has been visited by predictable overnighters, with singles of an Early Grey and a Herald cheering up the somewhat drab scene. Martin Wainwright, Thrupp, Oxon
We do, he is called Denis Healey.
ReplyDeleteExcellent point! Penny and I were discussing where our antennae would be if we had them and for some reason, eyebrows didn't occur to us
ReplyDeleteI would have gone for George Woodcock, whose "antennae" were real stunners, but perhaps that's an age thing!
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