A long time ago maybe thirty years or so I discovered tent caterpillars in the spring. I collected as many of the furry little creatures as I could find. I made for them a little home in my little red wagon. I'm not sure why they stayed in the wagon, but I recall with the blurry memory of childhood imagination and the passage of three decades that they produced a tent in the corner of my wagon.
Bethany discovered tent caterpillars this weekend, as they were migrating across Grandma's back porch toward the delectable leaves of the trees in the back garden. She constructed a little habitat of sticks and stones. Bethany picked some apple leaves because she thought they looked yummy. At the highest occupancy, Bethany had eight tenants, who were determined to escape. They did munch on her leaves, and she observed Caterpillar droppings to her grossed out delight.
Tent caterpillars develop into the Lackey Moth. I did some reading, and they have very interesting little life cycles. Here is a website if you are interested in studying more about our little spring friends:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_caterpillar.
A long time ago maybe thirty years or so I discovered tent caterpillars in the spring. I collected as many of the furry little creatures as I could find. I made for them a little home in my little red wagon. I'm not sure why they stayed in the wagon, but I recall with the blurry memory of childhood imagination and the passage of three decades that they produced a tent in the corner of my wagon.
Bethany discovered tent caterpillars this weekend, as they were migrating across Grandma's back porch toward the delectable leaves of the trees in the back garden. She constructed a little habitat of sticks and stones. Bethany picked some apple leaves because she thought they looked yummy. At the highest occupancy, Bethany had eight tenants, who were determined to escape. They did munch on her leaves, and she observed Caterpillar droppings to her grossed out delight.
Tent caterpillars develop into the Lackey Moth. I did some reading, and they have very interesting little life cycles. Here is a website if you are interested in studying more about our little spring friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent_caterpillar.
Chloe loves those things too! She plays with them for hours.
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