Delicate Cycnia Caterpillar - Cycnia tenera

Habitat: Crawling around on vegetation beside a pond

comments (9)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

That's simply gorgeous, can't say I've ever seen a purple moth! Posted 6 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ferdy! Interesting that you said "purple"...I initially saw this as gray, but now that you put the thought in my head...it is now lavender. Posted 6 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Or lila :)
    Do you have that kind of chocolate in the US btw? Asking the important questions. Posted 6 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      Lilac chocolate or lavender chocoloate or caterpillar chocolate? I'm not sure which you meant, but I have not heard of any of these...Please elucidate... Posted 6 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Sorry, I mixed up the brand and color. The brand is Milka, a swiss chocolate brand that heavily uses the color lila for their branding. They even have a lila cow. Posted 6 years ago
      2. Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        I looked it up, and we do have it here, but I don't think I've ever seen it. I'll have to pay attention the next time I peruse a candy aisle. And, I just read that there is a real "purple" cow, which actually looks more grayish lavender, like this caterpillar!
        
        https://www.brandingmag.com/2012/01/19/milka-brand-real-purple-cow/ Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        To tolerate this song, add beer. Many. Posted 6 years ago, modified 6 years ago
        
        Christine Young
        
        Lion
        
        Huh. Well, it's catchy. My kids like it at least. They were just dancing around the room to this song and insisted that I play the entire song. Posted 6 years ago
        
        Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        They must have dutch roots somehow. We have unlimited quantities of this type of silly folk songs, and the lyrics don't matter at all. It's not music to listen to, but enjoyable in a bar.
        
        This is the happy flavor, I personally prefer the darker melodramatic folk songs, called "smartlappen". I won't even try to translate that, there's just no word for it in another language :)
        
        Well, looks like we drifted quite far away from your moth, sorry! Posted 6 years ago