Thursday, May 01, 2008

New Arrival

Introducing "Duckie"!


He began hatching late last night.

When we woke up this morning...

Ta da!

Such a cute very hungry caterpillar.

O and I are learning all sorts of things about larvae and pupae, molting and chrysalises. What fun! We can't wait for "Chuckie" to emerge! (Names chosen affectionately by O.)

Addendum: Duckie is missing. I have searched every leaf of our milkweed and the entire contents of the container. I hope he is just bashful (we have been staring at him a lot) and has not gulp passed on. We have only made it 24 hours with our little guys!

3 comments:

Chrys and Mike said...

oh no! i'll bet he's just hiding from you. before too long you'll be able to find him by following his droppings. (lovely, i know, but not nearly as gross as a toddler's diaper.)

i'm so excited!!!

chrys

Erica said...

That looks really neat. I hope you find Duckie soon!!
Erica

Libby said...

Wow! What a fun experiment. I hope he turns up chubbier than ever...