We went out for a walk in one of the local parks a couple of weekends ago and were surrounded by eastern tent caterpillars. The kids were completely fascinated and fell in love with them. We didn't get very far on the walk because they stopped every 6 inches to pick up another caterpillar. Finley actually cried when we left because we said we needed to leave the caterpillars there and not take them home. It was so sweet.
Then the next morning, I spotted this guy sitting on my yoga mat in the passenger seat of the car! A stowaway! Since we didn't want to release it in our yard and get tent webs in our trees, I agreed to keeping it as a pet IF it ate. But after a couple days it didn't, so we took it to the park and released it so we wouldn't kill it.
