And back on top

My caterpillar is back on the upper leaf. I guess the other one was simply to small for a decent meal. Hence I will give it a new bigger leaf tomorrow. I hope the few green leaves still available will be enough.

Alive and munching

One leaf was nearly gone, so I replaced it with a fresh one. I could position it only beneath the big one. And what do you know, the caterpillar obviously likes to hide. It snug in-between the two leaves. In the picture I folded back the top one. The fact that it's eating is a good sing. :-)

Bottoms up!

Butterfly-Experiment

I have some withering monks cress on my balcony. I just didn't have the time to get rid of it jet. And I was really surprised to find some caterpillars grasing on it. A quick research revealed the species: Gonepteryx rhamni (Common Brimstone). I decided to get one of them and put it in an open jar with some leaves and a twig where it could build its chrysalis. Now I am waiting for it to happen. This is how it looks like today. It is approximately 5 cm long.

And here a picture of the jar itself.