We are "hatching" butterflies again this year, are are now anxiously waiting for our painted lady caterpillars to hatch from their chrysalis. On a walk the other day we found this caterpillar, which Savannah wanted to put into our butterfly habitat and see what kind of butterfly he turned into. She got a little silly with him... Here he is crawling on her shoulder..
and here...he's on her nose?!
While we were walking, Gage got a blister on his foot, so I had to piggy back ride him home because he was whining up a storm. When we got back, miss great big sister told him that she'd make him feel better, so she set him up on the couch with some animals, a glass of water, some tissues (he was crying), and she propped his foot up on the ottoman. She was saying "is that better, buddy?" He kept saying "thanks, ana" - as I've said before, so times they want to kill each other, but I think they love each other!
When we got home, we did some research online and found out he was an eastern tent caterpillar. Similar to a gypsy month up north, he makes those ugly white nests in trees. Turns out, he doesn't become a beautiful butterfly, but a "boring brown moth", so Savannah decided we would not keep him. With a sniffle and a stray tear, she let him go outside.
