About a month ago Maryhanna (our neighbor) pulled a huge green caterpillar out of her flower garden and was going to squish it so it didn't eat her plants. Having never had a big beautiful garden before, I had never seen such a thing. I mean, that sucker was 4 inches long, bright green and as fat as my index finger. It had this awesome Alice in Wonderland quality about it and I was not going to have it destroyed. So Chris and I, of course, rescue the caterpillar from it's demise. (Besides, we had just recently purchased a bug "house" from the thrift store just in case.) So we made a little home for him and he lived there happily eating stolen primroses from Maryhanna's side of the fence for about a week. He then ran around in circles (as fast a caterpillar can run) for a day and half, buried himself under the dirt and sat in a chrysalis stage for I would say a good 3 1/2 weeks. (We kept poking him to see if he was still alive.)
2 days ago he emerged from his humble abode and became a beautiful fluttering....... moth. Interesting though! It was fun while it lasted.
OK - I like the moth better than the caterpillar. It is really quite cool.
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