It was late in the evening, so I put the big
fellow in a covered bucket of soft earth from the garden,
planning to take his picture the coming day. Before morning
he had burrowed into the earth from sight, and was pupating,
so there was great risk in disturbing him. I was afraid there
were insects in the earth that would harm him, as care had not
been taken to bake it, as should have been done.
A day later Willis Glendenning brought me another Regalis
caterpillar. I made two pictures of it, although transformation to
the pupa stage was so far advanced that it was only half length,
and had a shrivelled appearance like the one I once threw away.
I was disgusted with the picture at the time, but now I feel
that it is very important in the history of transformation from
caterpillar to pupa, and I am glad to have it.
Two days later, Andrew Idlewine, a friend to my work, came to the
Deacon with a box. He said that he thought maybe I would like to
take a picture of the fellow inside, and if I did, he wanted a copy;
and he wished he knew what the name of it was.
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