Comments on: Caterpillar update

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:59:29 +0000

Sarah – Yes, more bugs, I’m afraid. I should warn you that they will crop up from time to time! I like them, you see. I can’t help it!

Katherine – Don’t forget I’m in the UK when trying to identify them! I still think they’re cabbage moths, but I guess we’ll see when they emerge. The caterpillars have now all dug themselves into the earth at the bottom of the jar to pupate! It’s quite exciting!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:31:07 +0000

I spent over an hour last night trying to identify your lil’ critters. To no avail. They are pretty ‘tho’.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:20:04 +0000

oh more bugs. Not that I hate them, i just am not a huge fan of them crawling around. The girls in the room next to mine keep getting moths… i won’t tell you what they do to them. It makes me sad, really…

Sarahs last blog post..Brett Farve made me want to cry

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:34:48 +0000

Scratch – Thank you – I’m glad I managed to present them in a way you could find attractive, despite your fears!

Valerie – You shouldn’t come and look if it makes you freak, you know. I always give you a clue in the title on bug posts!!

I’m glad you do keep coming back though.

By: Natural

Natural — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:48:25 +0000

okay, i’m freaked out. you know i’m afraid of butterflies and caterpillers…well i can’t look at them…i know you said you’re not brave because you’re not scared, but you’re brave in my book.

By: Scratch Bags

Scratch Bags — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:46:01 +0000

I somehow loved the pictures. Extremely Beautiful. I somehow didn't get scared, I was rather fascinated with your photography. Scratch Bagss last blog post..Tuffy’s Story

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 23:03:35 +0000

Maureen – She is! I would tell him that, except it might not seem like a terribly good reason to him… he already thinks I’m nuts. LOL!

Sandie – The twigs are a good idea! I’ll find some tomorrow – there are always birch twigs on the lawn at the end of the garden, they drop them all the time. Thanks!

And I’ll remember the sugared water too, for them they hatch.

Baino – They do look rather similar to the armyworm caterpillar. An excellent suggestion! With just one small drawback – we don’t have armyworms over here!

By: Baino

Baino — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:46:16 +0000

I was playing around trying to identify your catarpillars. I don't think they're Cabbage Moths. Apparently they'll after 2-3 weeks feeding and hatch in another 2-3 weeks! They look like they might be armyworms which hatch into small brown moths. But what do I know? I'm no lepidopterist! Bainos last blog post..Now that's Verdent!

By: Sandie

Sandie — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:22:32 +0000

I used to do exactly what you are doing, in my younger days. I used to put the caterpillars in a little aquarium with lots of twigs as well as food. When the time was right, they used to attach themselves to a twig and shed their skin, turning into a chrysalis. I would leave them undisturbed until early spring I think. I would then wait, and watch them break out as beautiful comma butterflies. I used to soak some cotton wool in sugared water and put it in the aquarium for them. They never failed to find it and feed on it whilst pumping up their wings. Once fully open, I would let them go:0) Sandies last blog post..Moving on!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:13:38 +0000

Hah!!!!

She’s a keeper, then…

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