I gave Charlotte a terrarium and a Cecropia Moth caterpillar of her own.
Don’t you love the colors of the third stage, or instar, of the Cecropia Moth caterpillar? Only about an inch and a half long in the photo, in the final fifth instar, before it pupates into a cocoon, the caterpillar will be as large as a large man’s thumb.
Thank you so much again to my friend Christine for the gift of the Cecropia moth eggs.