Ever since Graham studied bugs in
Preschool last year, he has been obsessed with them.
Pretty much every morning you can find him collecting Rollie Pollies into his
Ziploc Tupperware where he has made a mini habitat
(which they all end up dying anyway)
Last Saturday Tommy was outside about to mow the lawn and saw a Caterpillar on the sidewalk.
He went to get Graham, knowing he would love it.
Last year in preschool, they also watched the metamorphosis of a catepillar into a butterfly,
so between learning about bugs and this.... Tommy knew Graham would want to see the catepiller.
Graham brought the catepillar in the house and made a atrium for it as well in a
Ice Cream jug... he put twigs and leaves in it.
We did a Google search to see what kind of catepillar it was...
It is an Western Tiger Swallowtail
(here is the Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly)
We tried to talk Graham into putting it back on the Willow Tree outside so it wouldn't die...
Guess who won that fight?!
Yep... it was
Graham!
I know you are all completely shocked
So below is our "Critter Corner" You can see his Rollie Pollie blue Ziploc Tupperware,
His ice cream pail, with his catepillar
And yep, last but not least....
His Tadpole Habitat
can you guess where he got the tadpole?? You guessed it!
PRESCHOOL!!
(at least I know he learned a lot at school, and really loved it!)
So Tommy and I figured the catepillar would die...
but surprisingly he started making his chrysalis
I talked to Graham's teacher and she said that if we handled the catepillar too much
it might die in the chrysalis... so we will see if he makes it.
Let me just say:
I am WAY more excited about the butterfly than the frog... but that is a completely different post...
(maybe on a different day)
