The future entomologist
When my Daddy, an insect aficionado, saw this picture, his response was, "Hurrah! A boy after my own heart!" We found this tomato hornworm when we dug up our tomato plants. When Luke saw it, he was fascinated and wanted to get a shovel to scoop it up. He called it the "hungry caterpillar" (from the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar) and wanted to walk down the street to show our neighbors. Usually Luke is not a big fan of bugs, and when flies get in the house, he is very anxious for Mommy to get them. So when he wanted to pick up this big ol' bug and actually touched it, I was quite surprised. I don't think he realized it was a bug. When we finally had to go inside for a bath, we released the hornworm back into the wild. Luke asked about if for several days afterward, and every now and again he'll mention his very own hungry caterpillar who has now, according to him, gone home to live with his mommy, daddy, brothers, and sisters. 
When my Daddy, an insect aficionado, saw this picture, his response was, "Hurrah! A boy after my own heart!" We found this tomato hornworm when we dug up our tomato plants. When Luke saw it, he was fascinated and wanted to get a shovel to scoop it up. He called it the "hungry caterpillar" (from the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar) and wanted to walk down the street to show our neighbors. Usually Luke is not a big fan of bugs, and when flies get in the house, he is very anxious for Mommy to get them. So when he wanted to pick up this big ol' bug and actually touched it, I was quite surprised. I don't think he realized it was a bug. When we finally had to go inside for a bath, we released the hornworm back into the wild. Luke asked about if for several days afterward, and every now and again he'll mention his very own hungry caterpillar who has now, according to him, gone home to live with his mommy, daddy, brothers, and sisters. 
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