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Ginormous Mutant Caterpillars Conquer Traverwood Branch Library.

by Employee 37

More Summer Game fun everyone! Stop by the Traverwood Branch Library to view a temporary exhibit of live Cecropia Moth caterpillars. The Cecropia Moth, the largest native North American moth, reproduces by laying eggs that hatch into caterpillars. Over the next month they will put on quite a show as they progress through their 6-stage life cycle.

The caterpillars, on loan from the Leslie Science and Nature Center, will remain until they complete their cocoons in early August. They will then return home, to overwinter on the grounds of the Science Center, where they will emerge as moths next spring.

When you visit the caterpillars make sure and find the code to earn 400 Summer Game Points, which you can enter at play.aadl.org and redeem for prizes at the online Summer Game Shop. Want to visit the caterpillars more than once? You sound like a savvy gamer. We'll generate a new code each time the critters molt, and we'll announce that in this thread. Will the points increase in accordance with the caterpillars girth? Possibly.

Updated 7/6: The caterpillars have molted. New game code info at https://aadl.org/node/41137

Comments

Submitted by sherlonya Staff on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 4:03pm

Thanks for making this happen. I think Alex and I will watch A Bug's Life and later go to see these guys at Traverwood.

Looking forward to meeting them at Traverwood! The former bug collector/ science educator/ caterpillar wrangler in me gets a twinkle in my eyes just thinking about it.

Submitted by Ying Zh on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 5:20pm

I hope you know that's wonderful! I guess the library is getting a bit on the WILD side!

Submitted by pbapat on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 12:01pm

cool!

Submitted by marielle on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:28pm

I saw these guys today. It looks like they're mostly 1st and 3rd instars... but I didn't see any 2nd instars! Maybe they came from two different batches of eggs. The 3rd instars are very pretty, but still fairly small. I will come back when they're fatter!

Submitted by adimarzo on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 4:01pm

We saw the caterpillars today. There are so many of them - that's gonna be a lot of moths! We'll have to check back in a week or two and see how they have changed. Traverwood is a really cool branch - I had never visited that one before.

Submitted by Lea on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 1:54pm

We LOVE caterpillars! Thanks for hosting these neat creatures. And what a beautiful moths they will become!

Submitted by 0liviap0pp on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 5:17pm

So cool! My friend bought some Cecropia moth eggs, but unfortunately they all died. They ended up getting Luna moths, and they successfully became adults! I'm sure it would be really interesting to check out the caterpillars!!

Submitted by Maria97 on Tue, 07/05/2011 - 6:00pm

cool

Submitted by joiemma on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:06pm

cool

Submitted by Pareenaz9 on Sat, 07/09/2011 - 8:45pm

cool!

Submitted by readingking on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 4:53pm

cool

Submitted by LuckyDuck on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 10:31pm

COOL!

Submitted by Zhengyang1022 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 4:33pm

What?!?

Submitted by arjlib234 on Sun, 07/17/2011 - 5:25pm

cool

Submitted by readingking on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 2:09pm

cool

Submitted by annlinlover on Wed, 07/20/2011 - 4:06pm

good

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