#I wasn't sure wether she might be an invasive species so i kept her with me until I knew more wich ended up being 1 day bc. she immediately
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I found a caterpillar at the grocerystore I work at, about a month ago.
#I wasn't sure wether she might be an invasive species so i kept her with me until I knew more wich ended up being 1 day bc. she immediately#pupated after eating tons of cabbage#turns out she's a cabbage white butterfly wich are native to my home#bc. she lived in room temperatures and pupated before i had a chance to acclamate her to colder weather#she had to stay indoors with me out of fear she would not have the coding to go to sleep once in her chrysalis#Which would have meant she'd freeze if I put her outside#She hatched and seems healthy albeit a fussy eater but she's only 2 days old#Still I feel so sad and dreadful knowing that because of my interference she will never see spring#Cabbage whites overwinter in their chrysalis and they only live for 2-3 months#She will never know hunger or fear for her live in the gaze of a predator#she'll never know cold or harm but she will also never know what it's like to recognize herself in another like her#she'll never know family she'll never know fields and the sky and what it's like to fly without a limit to how far she can go#Death will come before spring arrives
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