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Anybody like Caterpillars?

Discussion in 'Other Pets & Livestock' started by chickypoo, Sep 27, 2008.

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  1. Sep 27, 2008 #1
    chickypoo

    chickypoo Songster

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    [​IMG] I have found the last few ones of the season! I have three, one is in a chrysalis, one is getting ready for it and the other is still growing. They are nice little guys, quite, easy to keep and I am pretty sure they are a type of swallowtail.[​IMG]

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    Annie is on the left and Mini Me is on the right

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    This is Nick, he has been a chrysalis for about a day now. For some reason none of the sticks I gave him were good enough, he chose to change in an old egg carton.[​IMG]
     

  4. Sep 27, 2008 #2
    luvmychicknkids

    luvmychicknkids Canning Squirrel

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    Ohhhhhhhhh............too cool!!! I think they are so amazing and love watching them change!!!! Have fun with them!!!! [​IMG]
     
  6. Sep 27, 2008 #3
    Kanchii

    Kanchii Songster

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    Very cool!
     
  8. Sep 27, 2008 #4
    swampducks

    swampducks Overrun With Guineas

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    I picked up a very fuzzy greenish-yellow one today with spikey black hairs in a couple spots and put him in a tree so he could avoid the chickens. Wonder what it will turn in to?
     
  10. Sep 27, 2008 #5
    buck-wild-chick

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    awww I luv them !!!

    For sience class, we hatched out 4 cocoons.. And Then realesed the butterflies !! so freakin cool
     
  12. Sep 28, 2008 #6
    PineBurrowPeeps

    PineBurrowPeeps Eye see you...

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    I adore caterpillars! My husband found an AWESOME one that we let go a couple of weeks ago, it was white with black spots and black hairs sticking up. I have never seen or heard of a black and white caterpillar before that!
     
  14. Sep 28, 2008 #7
    chickypoo

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    Well I did a little digging and found that they are either Eastern or Western Swallowtail Butterflies. Most likely they are western, I am a bit far for the easterns, but we'll see. I did read that sometimes they will turn into a chrysalis and over winter that way! I don't think I could wait that long, I hope they hatch!
     

  17. Sep 28, 2008 #8
    ChickyPooh

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    I saw the title and I thought you were feeding them to the chickens!!! ha ha [​IMG]
     
  19. Sep 28, 2008 #9
    happyhen

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    I have a soft spot for caterpillars too, even when I know they're just moths. I found a 3 inch long "woolly bear" this morning on the patio.

    I moved him to the woodpile before the chickens found him!
     
  21. Sep 28, 2008 #10
    brandywine

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