{"id":467,"date":"2006-08-21T22:10:28","date_gmt":"2006-08-22T03:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/wordpress\/?p=467"},"modified":"2006-08-21T22:16:43","modified_gmt":"2006-08-22T03:16:43","slug":"drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2006\/08\/21\/drama\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

So we’ve a little insect drama going on at our house, and I figured I’d present it in pictures:<\/p>\n

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\"Caterpillar\"<\/a><\/div>\n

It showed up on the edge of one of our hibiscus planters the other day and worked its way around the drip shelf five or six times.<\/p>\n

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\"Anchor\"<\/a><\/div>\n

It finally found a spot it liked and started fastening an anchor to the edge of the drip shelf.<\/p>\n

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\"Hangin'\"<\/a><\/div>\n

Once it had the anchor done, it spun around, attached its butt, and just hung there.<\/p>\n

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\"Chrysalis\"<\/a><\/div>\n

It’s amazing how fast this happened. I don’t know much about monarch butterflies, but I always figured it would take longer to make the chrysalis. Nope. I swear it was only a matter of an hour before everything was sealed up like this.<\/p>\n

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\"Remains\"<\/a><\/div>\n

And this was all that was left of the caterpillar. It’s like a snakeskin crunched up and left on the ground.<\/p>\n

I wanted to bring the planter in and set it in front of my webcam so I could get some footage of the butterfly emerging, but Leah says, “Oh just leave it in its natural environment.” Whatever. Natural? On my porch on the edge of a plastic planter? OK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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