In the light of the moon a little egg lay on a leaf. One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and-pop!-out of the egg came a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. He started to look for some food. On Monday he ate through one apple. But he was still hungry. He started to look for some food. On Tuesday he ate through two pears. But he was still hungry. He started to look for some food. On Wednesday he ate through three plums. But he was still hungry. He started to look for some food.
Which naturally brings us to Thursday.
While I recognize that biodiversity is important to the ecological well being of my garden and beyond I can't help but get frustrated with inch worms. They have enjoyed more lettuce from my garden than I ever will. And they are hard to get rid of.
Today I went out to harvest my magic purple beans and found an engorged caterpillar stuck head first in one of my beans Pooh-style. And he was stuck. This was no ordinary caterpillar either. This caterpillar was lavender, much like my beans. After some coaxing I got him out and decided to take his picture since he was such a lovely shade of violet. Then I set him loose in my neighbor's garden.
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