The stow away that stayed a while

I found a little stow away in the Kitchen just over a week or so ago... a fat little green caterpillar that had made its way in on an unknown vessel..... I think it was maybe the potatoes that I bought?! or perhaps the lemons from my lovely neighbour... without sighting his boarding pass I will never know! He's a pic taken of the little guy who was being a wonderful model despite recoiling at the flash of the camera:

After a photo shoot, I placed my new friend (or Foe!) on the bench and put a glass over him so I could show my dear other half our stow away visitor when he got home and he took it as in invitation to stay a while, climbing the glass and building himself a little cocoon

After watching the cocoon twitch, get fat, striped and turn white... he emerged from his slumber yesterday morning- ready to say his farwell.

Unfortunately for him he didn’t make it back to the garden, but found a lovely new home, in the lizard tank and in turn the lizard had a lovely meal for dinner…. Ahh the circle of life. So, anyone one else want to come stay at my place soon? ;)