by Anura Guruge
on August 21, 2022
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Sequence with NEW caterpillar.
Sequence with prior caterpillar.
As with the previous one, I had NO hand in this. So, I am not accepting any blame or credit. I don’t know whether hatching them, indoors, in a plastic bottle is good or bad. Yes, I should look it up. OK. I just looked it up. Kind of what I expected. It is, however, not a TOTALL ‘NO-NO’. Of that I am glad. Plus, the plastic bottle was well cleaned out before the new caterpillar was put in. So, they got that part spot on. [Plus, as you can see from two pictures above, the caterpillar has produced plenty of waste. So, he/she must have fed well on the leaves that were provided.]
The last caterpillar was rescued at the start of the month. So, I am kind of surprised that there is a 3-week ‘window’ (so to speak) — i.e., all the eggs obviously do not hatch at the same time. I guess that this is a good thing. Spread the hatchings out. That would explain why the caterpillars are staggered. Nature is amazing. Well, I will keep you posted. It is already getting ready to chrysalize. You can see that it has started to hang upside down (so to speak). I will keep you posted.
