Article: Create caterpillar cuties for your tote bag.

Byline: Kathy Antoniotti

It's just a fact of life. Before you see butterflies you have to put up with a lot of caterpillars. The butterfly wasn't always a thing of beauty. It started out as an ugly little wormlike thing relying on the nutrients it ate while a youngster to make its wings. The process that magically turns a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly is called metamorphosis.

Many of the caterpillars in your garden didn't get there by accident. A female butterfly laid her eggs there last fall, after ``tasting'' the plant to make sure it was a suitable host for her offspring. She kept her eggs safe by placing a sticky substance on the plant to ...

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