HIBISCUS vs. THE SILK MOTH

STATUS: IN PROGRESS (~29.4% COMPLETE AS OF 17.08.26)

Silk moth synthesis
 

Silk moth synthesis at 200,000 generations

Since February 14th, 2026, the monolithic Silk Moth, the creation of one Nora Brown, has undergone an intensive synthesis effort from a singular individual. 25,670 gliders have been placed yielding approximately two-fifths of the (15,11)c/107 oblique spaceship.

Day Calendar date Gliders Files saved Notes
1 14 February 2026 425

"silkmothsynth.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/14 23:11:52)

2 15 February 2026 557
559

"silkmothsynth2.mc" (PC) (2026/02/15 16:46:49)
"silkmothsynth.mc" (PC) (2026/02/15 16:48:20)

4 17 February 2026 1103 (x2) "silkmothsynth2.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/17 12:54:02)
"silkmothsynth2 (1).mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/17 21:15:42)

Duplicate of previous file
6 19 February 2026 3607
3631

"silkmothsynth2 (1).mc" (PC) (2026/02/19 20:50:57)
"silkmothsynth2 (1) (1).mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/19 21:47:24)

"ihep.py" script is created (last updated at 21:35:08)
7 20 February 2026 4403 (x2)

"silkmothsynth2 (1) (1).mc" (PC) (2026/02/20 16:59:06)
"silkmothsynth2 (1) (1) (1).mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/20 21:59:25)


Duplicate of previous file
8 21 February 2026 4534 (x2)
4545
"unbelievablybad.mc" (PC) (2026/02/21 16:57:17)
"unbelievablybad.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/21 21:13:26)
"unbelievablybad (1).mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/21 22:14:43)

Duplicate of previous file
9 22 February 2026 4627 "unbelievablybad (1).mc" (PC) (2026/02/22 17:11:27)
11 24 February 2026 6806
6835 (x2)
6915

"unbelievablybad (1) (1).mc" (PC) (2026/02/24 06:11:43)
"unbelievablybad (1) (1) (1).mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/02/24 09:59:07)
"unbelievablybad (1) (1) (1).mc" (PC) (2026/02/24 14:11:56)
"horrible.mc" (PC) (2026/02/24 16:41:31)


Version used in April Fools post
Duplicate of previous file
12 25 February 2026 6982 "2horrible.mc" (PC) (2026/02/25 18:03:28)
16 1 March 2026 7124 "22horrible.mc" (PC) (2026/03/01 10:19:25)
20 5 March 2026 7136 "222horrible.mc" (PC) (2026/03/05 20:02:17)
117 10 June 2026 6851
6859
"6855.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/06/10 21:33:29)
"6859.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/06/10 21:44:52)
118 11 June 2026 6982
7038 (x2)
7251
7418
"2horrible.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/06/11 06:25:05)
"2horrible2soon.mc" (LAPTOP) (2026/06/11 07:03:01)
"2horrible2soon.mc" (PC) (2026/06/11 08:49:26)
"save.mc" (PC) (2026/06/11 10:38:22)
"save2.mc" (PC) (2026/06/11 13:36:39)

Duplicate of "2horrible.mc" (PC)
Duplicate of previous file
119 12 June 2026 7493 "save3.mc" (PC) (2026/06/12 12:48:45)
120 13 June 2026 7583
7658
7668
7687
7693

"save4.mc" (PC) (2026/06/13 09:28:20)
"save5.mc" (PC) (2026/06/13 10:21:11)
"save6.mc" (PC) (2026/06/13 10:36:36)
"save7.mc" (PC) (2026/06/13 12:28:11)
"save8.mc" (PC) (2026/06/13 13:22:31)

181 13 August 2026 7793 at end of day fill out later
182 14 August 2026 8930 at end of day fill out later
183 15 August 2026 9808 at end of day fill out later
184 16 August 2026 10338 at end of day fill out later
185 17 August 2026 13625 at end of day fill out later Power outage from 10:03 AM to 1:42 PM
186 18 August 2026 17611 at end of day fill out later Power outage from 3:33 PM to ~11 PM
187 19 August 2026 17490 at end of day fill out later
188 20 August 2026 17507 at end of day fill out later
189 21 August 2026 25670 at end of day fill out later

03.10.26 - effectively postponed due to recent advancements in the natural still life synthesis project.