Ack, I dropped off the face of the earth.  Sorry about that.  A midterm, a couple of nasty lab reports, creation of a new website for my mom’s new business (will link when it’s got some proper content), and a ridiculous amount of course work later, I have finally managed to get enough time to make a post.  Huzzah!

Exciting Gypsy moth news - a few of them emerged from their pupae this week!

I stuck this male in the freezer for a bit to slow him down for photos, since we don’t want stray males flying about the building:

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The female didn’t get the same treatment at first, since they’re too fat to fly, but I discovered that they can crawl well enough:

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After that one crawled onto the camera lens several times, I decided to put her on ice for a moment, and she cooperated nicely after that:

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