We brought two caterpillars home the other day with a butterfly bush from the monarch program we attended. One of the caterpillars was active and found his spot on the roof of the box I put together for him (just like the man told me to). He stayed on the roof for a long time and finally dropped his body to hang and quickly (within 30 minutes) changed his outfit into a chrysallis. It's bright green with a bit of gold on the top with a few golden spots. The other caterpillar spent that day and the next eating, escaping three times and finally settling on the roof of the box next to his partner and did the same (hang from the roof). Now we have two chrysallises and we wait patiently. At least now we don't have to worry about them escaping from the box and squashing them with our feet!
I'll post pics later...
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