Ben found a caterpillar crawling on the back patio on Wednesday. We looked it up and found out it was a monarch butterfly caterpillar, so we decided to keep it and make a little house for it (out of a Hy-Vee Spring Salad container :) ). We put sticks and grass and leaves in it, as well as a little sponge soaked in sugar water. This is not the actual caterpillar, I found a pic of it online:
The kids named him Buddy. We'll be keeping you updated with his progress! According to the web, we should have a monarch in 9-14 days, how exciting!!
Yesterday, we noticed it hanging upside down from the lid, connected by some silky stuff. After batting on it a few times, then realizing it was probably SUPPOSED to be stuck to the top, we discovered that is the first stage in forming a chrysallis.Again, not my pic:
We put the container in a quiet dark place in my room, and when we looked at it today it had formed a pupa! I finally got it together and took a picture! He's that little peapod looking thing hanging from the lid.
The kids named him Buddy. We'll be keeping you updated with his progress! According to the web, we should have a monarch in 9-14 days, how exciting!!
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