The Great Moth Experience

A couple weeks ago, while shucking some corn, Olivia found a surprise!

The girls were all excited to find him. They watching him move around munching on the corn. Olivia held out a piece for him and he ate it!

It was really neat to see him munching!

We decided to put him into a jar to watch him and figure out what kind of caterpillar he was.

The girls loved watching him crawl about and munch munch munch. We put in the tip of the corn he was found on and some things to crawl on. We didn't know if he was about to pupate or not. We thought we'd give him some options for a resting place.

Through our research we found out that he drops to the ground and buries himself about 5 to 10 cm. We emptied the jar and added some soil, then replaced the corn. We saw him digging around in it and then coming back to the surface. The next day he was gone! We hoped he had buried himself to pupate. We read that he would take about 2 weeks to complete his metamorphosis, so we marked the calendar and continued to monitor the jar.

And yesterday he emerged!!!!

He's been released into the "wild".

So exciting! The girls really enjoyed the experience.