Lifecycle of a Butterfly Part 1

We got inspired with Chelsea's pupa and Mommy decided to keep one of the caterpillars on our Kaffir Lime plant (although the rest had to be removed to prevent too much of the leaves being eaten up).

We spotted the caterpillars early this week on Monday and it's been seven days since we spotted it. It was originally this black and white caterpillar that was so tiny and had hairs on its body and now on day 7 it looks green and slimy. Our next door neighbour has got two caterpillars on their plant which is growing tandomly with ours and we're enjoying this caterpillar growing up process every single day since Monday. Check them out below.

Our caterpillar on Day 3 from the time we spotted him

Tong Tong's caterpillar - the big one

Tong Tong's caterpillar - the smaller one which is still black and white

Hey look! An hour later, Tong Tong's caterpillar shed its skin and is now green!