Hibernating caterpillar??!

Summer&Skye

Mama Doe

• Apr 22, 2013

• #1

I did not know that caterpillars hibernated but I found this attached to the old hutch cover today whilst having a bit of a clear out in the garden. It looked like a spider web when they wrap themselves up but it looked to be made from hair?! There is a fuzzy furry caterpillar curled up inside!

 

Thumper98

Warren Scout

• Apr 22, 2013

• #2

I think insects lay eggs either in the soil or somewhere warm and then wait till Spring for the little ones to hatch... im already starting to see flies, bumblebees and urgh... spiders about!

 

Aly&Poppy<3

Wise Old Thumper

• Apr 22, 2013

• #3

Don't they do that to turn into a butterfly?

 

Georgeypudding

Wise Old Thumper

• Apr 22, 2013

• #4

Aly&Poppy<3 said:

Don't they do that to turn into a butterfly?

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yes :lol:

 

natsusakura

Warren Veteran

• Apr 22, 2013

• #5

it's called a chyrsallis
They go in their during autumn then when the spring come they come out as a butterfly or moth.

actually it could be a ruby tiger moth..
http://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com/2010/03/27/ruby-tiger-moth/

pop it back where you found it in a nice dry place and maybe you'll see him come out?

 

natsusakura

Warren Veteran

• Apr 22, 2013

• #6

http://www.ukleps.org/morphology.html

This website is very interesting to read lots of cool pictures

 

Summer&Skye

Mama Doe

• Apr 22, 2013

• #7

A chrysalis is a brown shiny shell and will hatch into a moth. A cocoon will be a butterfly but I didn't think this looked like a cocoon? And the caterpillar was just curled up inside, maybe it hasn't finished its cocoon! I will do some research :lol:

 

Summer&Skye

Mama Doe

• Apr 22, 2013

• #8

Feel like a right idiot now hibernating caterpillar :lol: I've put it in the hutch so it'll stay dry so il try and catch the hatch Iv only ever seen chrysalis' before. I might be wrong on the moth/butterfly thing too

 

tulsi

Wise Old Thumper

• Apr 22, 2013

• #9

natsusakura said:

http://www.ukleps.org/morphology.html

This website is very interesting to read lots of cool pictures

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Awesome. Great link.