Thread:Abbykurle/@comment-32492996-20180621221400/@comment-30921738-20180702140559

Oh, I never told you...

The last monarch caterpillar died of a disease. A virus, actually. It was really creepy. When the caterpillar hangs to make its chrysalis, it turns black and shrivels up. Then, it starts to melt into black liquid. Yes, you heard me right. It liquifies, and flies touch the black goop and then land on milkweed, and then when a caterpillar eats that milkweed, it gets the disease.

Before the caterpillar completely liquified, my mom cleaned it up. I looked up the disease online, and it is called The Black Death.

It was sad, but so creepy at the same time...