>>48644612It was a very special experience...
>I found the caterpillar in the fall. >I remember seeing this big green undulating wormy thing in the leaves.>I think maybe there was something wrong with it because it was out so late in the season and it was still in its larval form>I borrowed a book from a friend on months and butterflies. >I placed it in a terrarium with sticks to form a cocoon on and radishes and spinach to eat>it soon formed a cocoon and I brought it to my kinergarten to stay>It stayed in its cocoon over the whole winter >in the spring I remember receiving a phone call from my teacher telling me that the moth had emerged>my teacher had covered the terrarium with a bag since the moth was freaking out>I was so excited it was the longest day of school ever>I remember carefully guarding the bag terrarium in the bus ride home.>When I got home my family gathered around as I placed the terrarium in the back yard and opened up the top>The moth emerged and unfurled its wings>it dried its wings by slowly flapping them>Eventually it rapidly flapped its wings and flew offI still have the cocoon & stick preserved
