Sincere apologies about the lack of updates on the story of Buddy the caterpillar (who did turn into a beautiful Buddy-Fly). Photos & stories soon to follow. I’ve been pretty busy, but I wanted to write something because today is kind of a special day for me. Ten years ago on this day, I was […]
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Hanging by a Thread
Saturday, 12 July 2008
Buddy is now getting ready to enter the pupal stage, and is hanging on the side of a mesh cage by a silk thread. Buddy was not very happy with the photo shoot, and did a lot of wiggling to protest: ***
BuddyPart I
Thursday, 10 July 2008
It’s really fun to watch the caterpillar eat dill – they eat all day long, and poop out these perfectly spherical little poops that smell like dill. I was hoping to catch Buddy eating on video, because it’s quite mesmerizing (see this photoI took years ago, before the wonders of YouTube). But alas, when I […]
Buddy, X+2
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Astonishingly, Buddy grew approximately 33% in 24 hours. I barely recognized him, but luckily I only have one caterpillar and he was sitting on the same sprig of dill (which appears to be shrinking). ***