Two Cocoons!

This was the "baby":

You can't tell, but there is a noticable size difference between the one that spun his cocoon first and the "baby". I hope the first one survives...He is definitely smaller!

The field where I found them...plenty of milkweed!

Hibiscus and Bean Plants

The Caterpillar's Saga Continues...

I guess the big one was ready! He was hanging upside down before I went to bed...

This is the "little" one...he's doubled in size in 1 day!

This morning when I woke up and looked inside I see this!! A cocoon!

The "little" one is still eating and pooping like mad!!

What the Heck?? :)

Its a common ButtonBush! Looks more like a pincushion to me...

Apparently butterflies love them. The only reason there weren't any on this one was because it was raining.
Photographed in South Burlington, Vermont by my Dad.

Yay!! Caterpillar Season is Here!

I decided to take a walk this evening and on a whim went to a patch of Milkweed (the same one I found the Monarch Caterpillar on last year) and the first bush I looked at had TWO!! A tiny one and a bigger one! I took them both and put them in my eyeglasses case along with a bunch of leaves for them and brought them home!

See the baby one in the left side of the pic? The bigger one is underneath the same leaf on the right.

Closeup of the baby in his/her new home

The bigger one. I hope the cats don't get into them!