When I woke up this morning, I went to check on my caterpillars. Some had shed their skin and gone into the second instar. The two pictures above are of a monarch caterpillar that is in its second instar. One picture is 10x magnification and the other one is 60x magnification.
The video is of a monarch caterpillar spinning silk. It is in its first instar. They spin silk for self-defence and they spin silk to crawl easier.
This is a picture of a first instar monarch caterpillar with its egg. We have a dime for comparing the size of this caterpillar.
2 comments:
Very interesting video and pictures.
Grampy
Grammy says that the crawling action reminds her of the way I crawl each night into the kitchen trying to reach my evening dark chocolate treat.
Gramps
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