ChristusG Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 We've been studying the life cycle of a butterfly for the past two weeks. Last week I was outside near our sycamore tree and I happened to see a caterpillar. I showed it to DD6, we caught it, and put it in one of the kids bug cages. I told her we would keep it for a few days, study it, draw it, identify it, etc, but then we would let it go. Well, two days later it began spinning a cocoon! Now it is nestled snugly inside. I told DD we could keep it until it turned into a butterfly (well, a moth in this case) and then we'd let it go. How cool that it spun a cocoon! Turns out it is a white marked tussock moth. The caterpillar stings (thank goodness we didn't touch it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Wow! That is cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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