User blog:Abbykurle/It died....

We had five caterpillars

One a butterfly, already freed

One in it's chrysalis

One that was about to make its chrysalis

One still in its egg

One furry one, who we weren't sure what kind of caterpillar it was

We just freed the furry one, because it didn't like any of the food were giving it, and it would die if we kept it any longer. Anyway, the one that was about to make its chrysalis was already preparing to make its chrysalis

But

my mom said something was wrong with it

I looked in the cage

and it was completely blac, and shriveled up. It was starting to ooze black liquid

it looked like it was out of a horror movie

I looked up caterpillar diseases, and I'm glad I did. The caterpillar has a disease called The Black Death, which makes the caterpillar, no matter the kind, turn completely black, shrivel up, and the grossest part..... liquify. It would turn into black ooz, which would be spread by flies who touched it. If any of the other caterpillars even touched the diseased one, they would get the virus.

My mom threw the dying caterpillar in the trash. We were going to completely clean the cage, but the caterpillar in its chrysalis will come out any day now, you can see wings through the trasnparent covering. If we clean the cage, we will have to take down the chrysalis and possibly do damage to it. We are going to leave the chrysalis, but the moment it comes out, we are setting it free and cleaning the cage. I just hope the little gg or the newly hatched butterfly doesn't get infected by the Black Death.

I know it is just a caterpillar, but it is really sad. That is not a good way to die, shriveling up and turning into black ooze.


 * silent cry*