Well it's been a while since we let you know what our caterpillars are up to. We ended up with close to 30 caterpillars feeding on 4 plants. They chomped their way through those in no time and after much hunting around for mature swan plants (there weren't any) we had to settle with pumpkin plants - apparently another tasty treat for caterpillars. Ours must be fussy as they all took off for greener pastures and we ended up with 3 that stuck around.
Here you can see one slowly working its way into a chrysalis. This process took no longer than an afternoon!
We don't know if it is Daddy and Thomas that have stuck around - but the 3 we have now are all in their chrysalis and we are eagarly waiting their transition into a beautiful monarch butterfly. This should happen in the next few days!
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