I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 732 - 731 Green Caterpillar Get Daze
Chapter 732: Chapter 731: Green Caterpillar, Get Daze!
Chapter 732 -731: Green Caterpillar, Get Daze!
With so many butterflies, naturally some landed on people.
A girl with braided pigtails in front had several butterflies on her arms and shoulders, hanging from her braids, flitting about her.
Tang Xiaoxin couldn’t help but exclaim softly, “Wow, it looks just like the Fragrant Concubine!”
Qian Keke stared curiously, “Did she spray some perfume? She’s attracting so many butterflies.”
As they were speaking, a black and white butterfly with ribbon-like tails fluttered its wings and landed on Tang Xiaoxin’s shoulder.
Qian Keke exclaimed in surprise, “Did you spray perfume too?”
Tang Xiaoxin dared not move, afraid of scaring it away, and glanced at the butterfly with the corner of her eye, feeling immensely joyful. “No, I didn’t! Keke, quickly take a picture of me!”
Qian Keke looked at her pink dress, pondering, “Maybe it’s the color of the dress you’re wearing that it likes? The butterfly must think you’re a flower!”
She said with some envy, “Ah, had I known, I would have worn something more vibrant too!”
She took out her phone and snapped two pictures of Tang Xiaoxin.
Tang Xiaoxin lifted her dress and twirled lightly, laughing, “I am the Fragrant Concubine, too!”
This experience was indeed magical!
After completing a twirl, the butterfly fluttered its wings and softly flew away.
Qian Keke stretched out her hand, hoping to welcome a butterfly, and after a while, one actually landed on it.
This butterfly had bright orange wings with black edges and two rows of small white dots, appearing like pearls inlaid on black satin, and at the tip of the wings, there was a white oblique band made of rod-shaped white spots.
Under the brilliant Sunshine, there was a translucent feel to it as the orange wings emitted a soft yellow light, with the deeper orange parts even appearing dark red, extremely beautiful.
Qian Keke marveled, “Wow, this one is so pretty!”
Tang Xiaoxin said, “It looks rather familiar, is it a monarch butterfly?”
No, it was a common tiger, a butterfly commonly seen in the tropical and subtropical regions of southern China.
The monarch butterfly resides in the Americas, with wings also of bright orange adorned with black and white spots, indeed easy to confuse.
The common tiger butterfly stopped for a moment on Qian Keke’s palm, and then flew to a nearby fruit plate to sip on the fruit juice.
They both had a lot of fun, but not everyone enjoys the feeling of butterflies landing on them!
Some people’s affection for butterflies is from a distance, finding them beautiful from afar, but getting goosebumps when they land on them.
It might be thoughts of their caterpillar stage, or the butterflies’ vivid aposematic colors causing some physical discomfort.
There was a baby lying in a stroller, who upon seeing a butterfly land on their forehead, seemed to be under a spell, staring wide-eyed.
Lifting their head and unable to see the butterfly, they squeezed their eyes into a squint, unsure what to do.
The parent, seeing the baby’s puzzled expression, couldn’t help laughing, and took a photo to capture the moment.
But concerned the butterfly’s powder might irritate the baby’s delicate skin and cause an allergy or something, they gently waved their hand and shooed the butterfly away.
In the middle of the butterfly exhibit stood a structure resembling a phone booth!
Approaching it, they discovered it was a large observation box.
Through the clear glass, several caterpillars could be seen crawling on green leaves.
Below the booth, different stages of a butterfly’s development were introduced.
A group of visitors of all ages were curiously gathered around. A boy came over, looked inside, and blurted out, “Holy smokes, green caterpillars!”
The caterpillar in front of me looks exactly like the Metapod from the “Pokémon” game!
It’s chubby, with a pale green back resembling tender leaves and a milky white belly, with a big head and a small tail, segment by segment.
Atop its head, there are wonderful patterns, with round black spots wrapped in a pale greenish-yellow, resembling an eye.
Compared to the spiny cocklebur, it doesn’t look scary at all; rather, it’s kind of cute.
The boy quickly took two photos and couldn’t wait to show off in the group chat, “Visited the butterfly exhibit today, saw a wild Metapod!”
Qian Keke also played Pokémon and felt a sense of kinship upon seeing the Metapod.
An animal keeper nearby cheerfully explained, “There’s a sprite called Metapod in Pokémon, and this is its real-life counterpart! It’s the larva of the Asian swallowtail.
When it gets startled, it will protrude a stinky gland from its head that emits a foul smell. The gland looks like a snake’s tongue, and it uses this method to intimidate predators like birds. Let me show you.”
Upon opening the display case and gently tapping the Metapod’s head, it instantly snorted and extended a small orange antenna from its head.
Though it was frail, it tried to look fierce.
Paired with the “black eye” on its head, it really resembled a snake flicking its tongue.
The boy’s eyes widened, “Wow, it’s really a Metapod! Even the antenna on its head is the same!”
Tang Xiaoxin couldn’t help asking, “It doesn’t sting, does it?”
The animal keeper smiled and said, “No, would anyone like to touch it? Get up close and personal with the little sprite.”
The surrounding visitors immediately shook their heads, some even subconsciously stepped back two paces!
“That won’t be necessary!”
“Haha, just looking is fine, just looking is fine.”
Even though it was said to be harmless and looked quite adorable, psychologically, they couldn’t get over the hurdle.
Qian Keke, however, stepped forward and touched it with great interest.
While raising her hand, she shouted with utmost excitement, “Metapod, get daze!”
After shouting, she laughed sheepishly with a “hehe.”
After the braver children had a touch, the animal keeper put the Metapod back and closed the display case.
Aligned with the banners around the gazebo, he began to introduce to everyone.
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“When the Asian swallowtail larvae first hatch, they are as tiny as ants and dark-colored. After entering the second instar, the larvae are about 6mm in size, with some pale white appearing on them, resembling a blob of bird poop, isn’t the camouflage remarkable?
After each molting, the larva’s appetite increases significantly. Now it is in the fourth instar, capable of eating more than ten leaves a day.
At the final larval stage, after eating nonstop for a week to accumulate nutrients, it will find a secluded and safe spot to secure itself with silk, excrete excess fluid and feces, and molt into a chrysalis.”
In the accompanying photo, a Metapod is lying on a tree branch, the chrysalis is an irregular diamond shape!
“Damn, it’s Metapod!”
“It really is exactly alike!”
The visitors whispered among themselves.
The animal keeper continued, “After about ten days in the chrysalis, the Metapod will undergo metamorphosis. The transformation usually begins in the early morning, when a crack forms on the back of the chrysalis and the butterfly crawls out, hanging upside down from a branch and waiting for its wings to dry slowly before it can fly.”
The Asian swallowtail butterfly has alternating black and white wings with two trailing ribbons.
Upon seeing its picture, Tang Xiaoxin realized, “Oh, the one that flew onto me just now was an Asian swallowtail!”
