Completed cycle

So, I am all tired and excited from spending the evening at the Hohaiyan Rock Festival, but that will have to wait. Because, as I came home (to my spanky new apartment), I was greeted by my new roommate!

Isn't s/he pretty?

The cycle is now complete. Sadly, this might be the only survivor, as this moth is the caterpillar that pupated last.

From eyespots and stripes

To hard, protective shells

To produce something like this...

This metamorphosis has never ceased to amaze and confound me.