A Moment a Day...

a photo blog by Brandy Young

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I may want to rename this blog…

…a moment a week or month or year…

My camera is on a much UNdeserved break…

I just haven’t been feelin’ it…LOL!

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Merry Christmas!?

In October…it seems like every year the Christmas stuff comes out earlier and earlier…
 

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Happy Fall Ya'll!

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And the story continues…

We found this caterpillar a couple weeks ago…
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I immediately noticed it had little white specks on it. After some research I learned that different parasite bugs lay their eggs on caterpillars and when the caterpillar pupates the eggs hatch and the parasitic bug emerges from the cocoon instead of the moth/caterpillar. Of course the kids are not too happy to hear this…but they are still looking forward to whatever it is that comes out of what we have now… IMG_3587
The Pupa/Cocoon/Chrysalis…I am not sure which name applies where and to what kind of caterpillar…so we tend to call them all of the above in this house.

I am still in awe at how these cool caterpillars are able to change into such beautiful butterflies/moths. It is amazing that from these odd cases emerges a completely different creature! Hopefully we will be able to witness this miraculous change and not the other…I will keep the updates coming.

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