State of the pupa

Over night the pupa has fully developed. And there were no significant changes till this afternoon. As I took it out it wiggled a little I don't know if this was a defensive reaction to the movement of the stick. But I guess so. Letting the light shine through it is clearly visible that the top is almost empty at the moment.

Back to our main programme

Two new photos I took today. The first one is from this morning the second from this evening. The changes in colour and form are subtle but visible.

intermission - SQUIRREL!

In the botanic gardens in Hamburg my first officer spotted this squirrel. It was clearly upset about us being there.

Ch-ch-ch-changes

This afternoon it had turned around and and buckled up. It found its final position. The first changes are clearly visible. This is exciting because I have never witnessed this process. O cause, I have seen this in documentaries before. But it is a quite different experience to see it first hand and in its real speed.

time to grow up

Yesterday evening the caterpillar had finished the big leaf. This is what was left of it.

 

The little bugger was desperately searching for a place to metamorphosise. It didn't like the horizontal stick I had put into the jar. So I added a horizontal twig with leafs and a put in a stick at a steep angle. The caterpillar took the latter option. This is how it looked like this morning.

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!