The Stages of a Moth

Last year Aly was really into collecting caterpillars in her bug box and watching them. We typically let her keep them for a day or so and had her release them so they would live. Well one of the times she had some caterpillars over night they spun a cocoon. We were shocked and Aly was thrilled. So of course we let her keep them and to our surprise we were able to see them emerge as moths just two short weeks later. It was really a learning experience for all of us. Hubby said when he used to see those sacks around the yard he would smoosh them because he thought they were spider sacks. So know that we know what they are we leave them alone. Aly collected caterpillars again this year. Here are the pics: