Sunday, August 15, 2010

Combine enters transformation

This morning I took picture of Combine, our largest caterpillar, who had made his way to the top of our cage and had attached himself with silk and was hanging in "J" formation.  I knew he'd soon for his chrysalis.



Just a few minutes ago I went upstairs and when I walked by the cage, I found Combine looking like this:




We have about 15 other caterpillars munching milkweed.  This is our next biggest caterpillar... Mater.  I'm sure he'll transform soon!

And the other day I found some eggs on some milkweed and within a couple days we had 3 teeny tiny caterpillar babies.
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  1. jennyAugust 15, 2010 at 6:30 PM

    so cool! where did you get these little guys? and what lens did you use to shoot them? i would love to get the boys their own next year. :)

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  2. NicoleAugust 15, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    this is so cool!!! its fun watching them grow!!!! :)

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  3. JessicaAugust 19, 2010 at 5:38 PM

    I am either blind or I don't know what milkweed looks like, because I can't find any!! Do you think you could hook me up?

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