The Big Green Caterpillar

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Year Published: 1962

Complete Record: The life cycle of the Polyphemus silk moth is shown in detail as it is observed by a small boy who finds, and takes home, a tiny egg on a tree branch. Macro photography shows the egg hatching, the caterpillar eating, walking, molting, resting, and spinning its cocoon, the pupa, and the adult insect emerging from the cocoon. Encourages scientific observation of nature.