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Found a lot of what I think are peacock butterfly caterpillars and put 3 in a tank to show my children the transformation. Amazing how three small caterpillars have kept the whole family enthralled and they've yet to change into butterfly's.

The left hand one is about to change with a 1 hour old in the middle and to the right is one yet to take up a vertical position in order to start.

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Half way through shedding the skin

A freshly pupated one with a 24 hour old behind

All three changed with the freshly shaed skin below

The shed skin. Hard to believe it covered a full caterpillar only minutes before.



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