2007
we were born to live here
maura @ 8:02 pm
Apple has changed (again)! One night last week I came out from putting Gus to bed to find that the lil’ pupa was…twitching…flexing…convulsing, if you will. I was simultaneously disgusted and fascinated; I could NOT look away! I even took a little video of it, figuring that by morning the change would be complete (though Gus is much less interested in Apple these days than Jonathan + I are).
And it was. Apple is now a beetle. At first he* was pale brown and looked like a small firefly. After emerging it seemed like all Apple wanted to do was eat and bury himself under oatmeal. For some reason this really bothered me, and I was all: Slacker! You just pupated for two weeks, get up and move a little!
* Why is Apple male? I don’t know.
But then we realized that he was still growing and changing, getting bigger and darker every day. He’s also getting more active. He’s taken to pacing around his little bug house, occasionally even scrabbling against the walls to try and get out.
Apple, dude, we will set you free soon! As soon as the weather gets a bit warmer. It’s been fun watching nature in all its glory, but it’s time for the bug to go live outside. Jonathan even made up a little song about how we love Apple, but if we saw him in the cupboard we would have to smush him.
2 comments on “we were born to live here”
It *does* look cozy. But I think the oatmeal would get stuck in your hair and that would be a pain.
All *I* want to do is eat and bury myself under oatmeal.