The life and times of Dylan

So I’ve been working on a DQ9 review for the past 3 weeks, which went from early impressions, to mid impressions, and now I’ve just gotten side tracked. Anyway, here are some photos and a brief story.

On August 3rd, Eva found a caterpillar on the dill while we were house sitting and taking care of Molly. We quickly identified him as a Black Swallowtail caterpillar thanks to google:

Some quickly googling further and we made a little home for him out of a Chinese takeout container, dirt, a water dish a small stick and lots of dill. Seen here on top of the coffee maker getting some sun.

By August 6th, he had more than doubled in size (after eating almost all the dill we could pick), and we decided he needed a larger home.

We had picked a vase up when grabbing some stuff from home the previous day, so we built him a new home. Same dirt, a bigger stick, new water dish and more dill.

On the morning of August 8th, we noticed Dylan had suspended himself by a thread under his log, and we knew he had finally eaten enough.

We checked back all day but no change, however this morning…

Sure enough, it was just as we read, his cocoon matched the color of the stick (they apparently can range from brown to bright green). Goodbye Dylan the caterpillar. 9-11 days and Dylan the butterfly will emerge. Dunno if we will be here to see it, but here’s hoping!
I feel like I’m writing a children’s book :)