Thursday, September 3, 2009

Leafy the Caterpillar

It is illegal to mail those fun butterfly kits to Hawaii, so I thought that we wouldn't be able to watch a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. But then Dad found a beautiful caterpillar, just a few weeks after we studied butterflies. Haridas named him Leafy, since we saw him eat through leaves so fast. After 2 days, Leafy climbed on the stick, hung upside down for a while, and then began to make a chrysalis. We didn't know until now that the caterpillar withdraws its head and the outside skin actually falls off! (It looks like its head falls off!) We look forward to seeing what kind of butterfly Leafy will become. I could not find any information to identify what kind Leafy is, so it will be a fun surprise!




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