3 days ago I discovered a brown caterpillar on my pomegranate plant. It was about an inch long and maybe less than a cm wide. Almost missed it if not for the fact that it was clinging on to a branch in a curved position.
I didn’t know whether it was alive or if it was just some weird branch at first. It was only a day later that I confirmed it was a live insect when it changed positions and went to a different branch. I’d never actually seen it move though. Would have been interesting to catch it in action.
Nadya, being the scaredy cat, refused to take a look at it. Alyssa, the younger but more garang one, was very curious and went up close to get a good view of it. She was also actively monitoring it and announced to me this morning that “the caterpillar is till there!”
Alas, when I went to check on it this afternoon, it was no longer there. Helper couldn’t find it either. Alyssa couldn’t too.
Tenant no more.
We were still hoping it would form a cocoon and eventually turn into a butterfly.
Oh well...it was still a nice experience for us. :)
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