What a Difference a Day Makes!

Since the container where Parsley was living was just a small plastic jar, we picked up something larger...just in time for him to roam around and check things out.

He took a look at every inch of the new branches we gave him, but didn't touch the parsley for some reason.

 Hmmm....maybe this one?

This morning, we found out why he wasn't eating! He was all DONE eating!

Overnight, he  went back to his original stick and attached himself with silk to it. He's getting ready to create his chrysalis!

We've learned that caterpillars will attach their tails first with a blob of silk, then they swing back and forth to create a silk harness around the top part of their bodies.

If you look closely, you can see the silk harness in this picture. It's almost perpendicular to the branch going from his nose to his back.

He doesn't move much at all right now, and this next part is supposed to take a couple of days, but we'll be watching!