Pet cattie.

[Digger...]

@terri found this fella crawling up the kitchen wall the other day, snuck in on some cauliflower leaves for the bunnys. Decided to grow him. He made all this today, not sure what it is exactly because i dont know how they actually make there cocoons.

Never had a pet caterpillar before.

 

[Digger...]

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[Digger...]

Oh i see now, was wondering why the cattie had holes in it. This is horrible. Going to be interesting to see baby wasps though.

 

[terri35 7]

Nasty.

 

[MitchP1 1]

Fun! Thanks for brightening my day! Sarcasm mode now off!

 

[jeffashman12 3]

Nice detail! Poor cattie...

 

[Digger...]

Nice detail! Poor cattie...

The green cattie passed yesterday, i buried him☹. So it's just the wasps to photograph when they emerge.

Ps. Might see if there's any other catties out there because id like to watch it turn into a cabbage moth.

 

[Digger...]

Im a dad, 3 tiny wasp's emerged today.

100% sure the dried bubbley orange stuff is dried caterpillar pee, with a few balls of herbivorian nuggets.