Filed under: Day after day
We were lucky enough to bring a catepillar home from our vacation in the country. Speedy thought it was the coolest thing ever to let that little creepy crawly move all over his hand and arm. EEEEK! We put it in a jar and I grabbed a few leaves from the area where it was. I really expected it to die, as many earthquakes as it went through on the way home and all. Last night we thought it was dead but then noticed what looked to be a cocoon starting to form. This morning, it was fully encased in its cocoon.
Isn’t that cool? I know Speedy is excited but I am too! I hope it makes it to a butterfly, how cool would that be? I googled it and I think it will take anywhere from 9 – 14 days so we’re keeping an eye on it. I’m thinking of all kinds of cool analogies and lessons I can teach Speedy from watching it emerge as a butterfly.
My luck, all the excitement will take place in the middle of the night. 
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FYI – our butterflies (painted lady) took all of about 2 seconds to come out of their cocoon – they were FAST! And, if you are keeping them somewhere, try and get them in something where they can stretch their wings for a couple of days. Slices of oranges are good to put in there with them, too – they LOVE oranges!
Comment by Judy April 30, 2008 @ 2:05 ami can’t wait!
Comment by Cindy April 30, 2008 @ 4:00 pmI thought it took a week. We read The Very Hungry Catepillar several times a week.
That really is cool though!
Comment by karen April 30, 2008 @ 11:25 pm