Check out this amazing specimen I found!

This is a Variegated Fritillary butterfly caterpillar. It has six rows of black spines and has a pair of long, clubbed spines on the head. I found him on our patio. Grandpa Ron had just given me a bug habitat a few minutes earlier and he was my first capture to go inside the habitat. Good timing! (Thanks Grandpa Ron!)

I gathered some sticks, rocks, and leaves and added them to my habitat.

Usually, whenever I catch a bug, I release it by the end of the day. But this time, Mom said I could keep it to see what happens!