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earlorfphotos > This is the shed skin of the caterpillar after it became a chrysalis. You can still see the antenna.
earlorfphotos > Here is a small caterpillar compared to two full grown caterpillars. The smaller caterpillar is just five days "younger" than the other two. They eat constantly and grow a lot in a short time.
earlorfphotos > The caterpillar can raise part of its body up to reach another leaf or to go from one part of the plant to another part. Also note that it has appendages at both ends of its body. That could help confuse a predator.
earlorfphotos > Note the rounded, cut out area in the leaf at the upper right where the caterpillar has been chewing.
earlorfphotos > Here's a close-up of two caterpillars.
earlorfphotos > During early August there are always Monarch caterpillars at our home in northern Minnesota. My wife, Diana, has brought in several of these caterpillars and watched them change from caterpillar to chrysalis to full grown butterfly. Here is a photographic record of those efforts. Here you see two Monarch caterpillars on Swamp Milkweed, their favorite plant,.
earlorfphotos > Moth-Spotted Tussock-caterpillar
This is the shed skin of the caterpillar after it became a chrysalis. You can still see the antenna.
earlorfphotos > This is the shed skin of the caterpillar after it became a chrysalis. You can still see the antenna.
This is the shed skin of the caterpillar after it became a chrysalis. You can still see the antenna.
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