More on the Perfect Pet

Just to keep you all posted, I did some research online and discovered that Makayla and Mackenzie, the green caterpillars that infested our broccoli and our hearts, are cabbageworms that will eventually (and perhaps only theoretically) turn into those ubiquitous white butterflies you see all over in the summertime. I found very little information on their care and feeding but plenty of tips on how to remove or destroy them.

I had gone looking for details on their development after they both started pupating (is that a word?) shortly after they took up residence in a cereal bowl on our kitchen countertop. It seems that the time spent in our crisper drawer simulated the onset of winter, sending them into their coccoons for a long seasonal nap. I'm hoping, given that their winter sleep will occur at room temperature, that they'll not take months to hatch, but my Google searches yielded no timeframe for their reemergence.