nanonaturalist:

Babies are growing so fast! Day 2 and they are moving much faster, eating more, and making a ton of little green poops (they look like leaf fairy dust).

They may not look much bigger at first, but compare the bottom photo (from yesterday) to the other photos (all from today). Look at how much longer the body is in comparison to the head. They are destroying these hackberry leaves!

I created a tag just for these babies. Check out the “tawny babies april 2017” tag for all posts featuring them. Having so much fun with them, I’ve been bringing them to work and showing them off to everyone. I also feel like I may be the only person ever to bring their pet caterpillars into petsmart. Needed to get a bunch of temporary terrariums for the Audubon sanctuary’s open house, where I will be telling unsuspecting birders all about how awesome bugs are. Excited to see what life stage the tawny emperors will be in at the event in two weeks.

April 27, 2017