My son's first pet

[Crashbandit05]

My 3 year old found a woolly worm yesterday at the in-laws, so of course me being a "critter kid" growing up, I decided to grab a small kritter keeper and try to replicate the worm's natural environment for a few days.

This is TEMPORARY and we will let him back outside shortly. It's name is also Maddison lol don't ask.

I found some moss growing on a rock so that is the substrate. There's a few sticks, dead leaves, etc and piece of spinach incase it gets hungry.

Cheers

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

Q!

 

[Lathis]

I hatched many, many woolly worms when I was little. It's fun to watch them spin a cocoon then emerge as a moth, although a 3 year old might not have the patience for the whole process

 

[Crashbandit05]

I hatched many, many woolly worms when I was little. It's fun to watch them spin a cocoon then emerge as a moth, although a 3 year old might not have the patience for the whole process

From what I briefly read, they have to be in pretty cold weather and dig holes in the ground to spin cocoons, is that what you did? I'd be curious to see if I could get it to metamorphosis into the moth if I kept it indoors.
Reminds me of those butterfly kits you can buy that include the caterpillars and you basically raise them into butterflies (think mine were painted ladies) then release.

 

[Lathis]

I never buried them, they always spun a grey or brown cocoon on a branch or the underside of the lid for me. Granted, this was 30 years ago, so my scientific woolly worm hatching method was probably pretty poorly developed