stages of red pierrot

first stage of cacoon

the final product

cacoon

caterpillar

Recently we had 8 caterpillars who made their cacoons. One of them died because of unknown causes. But the rest lived to turn into butterflies. I glimsped only 3 as i had school and other activities. The last couple of butterflies were the ones which I photographed. first stage after the egg hatches is the caterpillar which goes into the leaf and starts eating the leaf. Tired of eating the caterpillar goes into a deep sleep in a cover around it called a cacoon. After the cacoon turns black the cacoon turns black and after a day or two a lovely the a small life comes out.