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Does a caterpillar "spit" out its coccon or does it "poo" it out?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:29 pm
We've collected a couple caterpillars in the yard and put them in a jars with the branches they were eating in hopes that we could teach the kids ( and ourselves) a little bit about nature by watching them make their chrysalis' and then become butterflies. I believe we have the caterpillars of the Gulf Fritilary (sp?) butterfly.
This post was edited on 5/2/14 at 2:30 pm
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:33 pm to otowntiger
ever heard of wikipedia?
they will answer you
they will answer you
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:33 pm to otowntiger
I googled it. Took me 5 seconds
LINK
quote:
Caterpillars make their cocoons from strands of silk that they produce from glands near their mouths.
LINK
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:39 pm to Jackie Chan
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Caterpillars make their cocoons from strands of silk that they produce from glands near their mouths.
Wtf. What else have I been misinformed about? Is nothing real?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:40 pm to otowntiger
Not much happening in Opelousas these days?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:42 pm to The Calvin
I give up, how?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:44 pm to otowntiger
YOU RANG?
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:51 pm to otowntiger
quote:
We've collected a couple caterpillars in the yard and put them in a jars with the branches they were eating in hopes that we could teach the kids ( and ourselves) a little bit about nature by watching them make their chrysalis' and then become butterflies.
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:52 pm to Jackie Chan
Thanks! I could have done that too I guess, But I wanted to see what the OT had to say about it. 
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:52 pm to otowntiger
quote:
We've collected a couple caterpillars in the yard and put them in a jars with the branches they were eating in hopes that we could teach the kids ( and ourselves) a little bit about nature by watching them make their chrysalis' and then become butterflies. I believe we have the caterpillars of the Gulf Fritilary (sp?) butterfly.
Ah! The age old "lets put a stick and a leaf in a jar and it'll be just like home!"
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:54 pm to TheCaterpillar
Yep! 
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Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:56 pm to otowntiger
Posted on 5/2/14 at 2:59 pm to illuminatic
quote:quote:
Caterpillars make their cocoons from strands of silk that they produce from glands near their mouths.
Wtf. What else have I been misinformed about? Is nothing real?
Moth caterpillars make cocoons with silk.
Butterfly caterpillars shed their outer skin and the layer under it hardens, forming a chrysalis.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 5:37 pm to otowntiger
When I was little, my caterpillars-in-a-jar always made cocoons but never came out. 
Posted on 5/2/14 at 5:42 pm to Dorothy
I had caterpillars when I was little too. My grandma has milkweed plants that attract monarch butterflies, so we'd take the caterpillars off there and have a few branches and leaves in the little plastic box. We successfully cultivated a few butterflies though. 
They're so purdy.
They're so purdy.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 5:45 pm to otowntiger
It's semen, bro...
Posted on 5/2/14 at 6:11 pm to Jet12
Jet dropping knowledge in here.
Posted on 5/2/14 at 6:56 pm to otowntiger
ask this guy
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