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lizzle 
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 9:13pm |
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We went to the market and bought some swan plants complete with caterpillar. Jake loves it and tells him stories. Caterpillar is HUGE now. only problem is I thought we had one caterpillar. we have severl. they hatched in the car on the way home. So now am off to the warehouse to buy more plants.
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Kels
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 9:17pm |
Yay for swan plants. My daughtter have them down at nana's house and yesterday they watched 16 butterflies hatch. I had Mercedes on the phone givivng me a running cometary while I was at work lol
The boys will love them!!
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 9:22pm |
We have some too. We have 5 caterpillars now, and one just turned into a chrysalis today - the caterpillar curled up and went to sleep almost, then today it was green.
Just a warning - those things EAT! We've had to buy 5 new plants for them, because they keep on eating!
Here is a link to check out Link
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 9:27pm |
So its you I can blame for the extra monarchs hanging around now 
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 9:58pm |
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Love it! We'll have to get some too when Gina is older - must be quite interesting watching the whole thing happen
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 10:57pm |
OK so I have thought some more about them. Even thou we have heaps around our place I think Andrew would love them as he loves the Hungry Catterpiller book. Are they easy to care for. Can I just get a few plants and stick them in a pot and they'll grow??
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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mum2paris
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Posted: 23 January 2008 at 11:40pm |
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We have moths on our tomato plants, i looked today and saw big white on it and thought was spider web but it's not, there's a couple of caterpillars in there in various states of changing and one moth that had just come out.
I'd love monarchs though, i see them flying around our place lots, I love them so much.
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lizzle
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Posted: 24 January 2008 at 7:56am |
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got ours from the awapuni market for $1-50. i'm going to the market on sunday Becks if you want me to pick you up one. they come complete with either eggs (that hatch rather quickly) or a caterpillar. we have five - i counted and we definitely need another four plants. As for care, i shoved them into the ground outside and ignored them. so far so good.!
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Posted: 24 January 2008 at 10:11am |
Yes please I'd love one or two.
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lizzle
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Posted: 24 January 2008 at 5:32pm |
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will do. have to pick up plants tomorrow from warehouse - we have no leaves at all. all caterpillars are sitting on stalk.
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Posted: 24 January 2008 at 6:15pm |
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My mum is terrified of caterpillars, as in, she will cry and scream, and if I ever got a swan plant she would never come over.
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Posted: 24 January 2008 at 7:04pm |
lol Liz - told you they eat! We have another one about to form a cocoon now too.
Pepsi, my friend is like that too, I showed them to her when she came over and she jumped in the air! 
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Posted: 24 January 2008 at 7:14pm |
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Pepsi, did you know in Japan most caterpillars are poisonous. My mate was over - he was a construction worker. him and his mates saw a caterpillar and these burly guys panicked. my mate went over and removed it - thinking what is these guys problem? and his hand instantly swelled to twice it's size.
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