"By next year, Spicer plans to release 500 female Cecropia moths into parks, nature preserves and undeveloped areas around Houston. His goal is to collect enough from the wild, such as in Bastrop and Bexar counties, and from fellow hobbyists to generate 3,000 eggs. Some he will raise in his suburban back yard; others he will give to schools and volunteers willing to baby-sit the creature through its yearlong metamorphosis. "