Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - First Caterpillars of the Season
Cameron and I consider ourselves Monarchologists. I'm not sure that is a real word but that's what we are. We look forward every year to when we can start looking for Monarch caterpillars.
We were visiting my mom's house. Cameron was sent out to the mail box and RAN back to the house to breathlessly tell me that he found one. I wasn't even sure what "one" was yet. He wanted to drop everything and go harvest it. He had even already named it Edward.
Today, Cameron measured Edward.
He may look small but he wasn't even 1/4 of an inch when Cameron found him. We were amazed with how much he grew in just a week.
With Edward we ended up with two other caterpillars. They were so tiny, we didn't even spot them on the leaves at first.
We just love Monarchs. And even though we've done them for a few years, they are still exciting, interesting and a big learning opportunity for us.
