Man Finds 7 Caterpillars In Broccoli, Raises Them Until They Turn Into Butterflies!

Everyone knows that fruits and vegetables are supposed to be washed before eating. But what would you do if you found bugs, worms, or insects in them? Freak out? Use them for making compost?

According to Mirror UK, 27-year-old FM radio presenter Sam Darlaston found 7 green caterpillars in packets of broccoli he bought from the supermarket. So he decided to name them (Cedric, Janine, Slim Eric, Broc, Olly, Croc, and Carlos) and become their ‘dad’.

Evening Standard quoted him saying,

“I didn’t think they would survive if I put them outside straight away. I read that caterpillars only eat their host plant and I didn’t have any broccoli in the garden. So I thought, the best bet is to keep them with some broccoli and they can leave when they’re older.”

The supermarket gave him a gift card for the cost of the broccoli and added,

“It seems like a hungry caterpillar made its way into Sam’s broccoli. We’re really sorry about this and apologize to Sam for providing an accidental pet with his greens. We regularly test our fresh produce for quality but as we encourage our growers to move to more natural production methods and greatly reduce the application of pesticides, this can occasionally lead to the very odd insect being found.”

Here is the story of the 7 caterpillars which has romance, adventure, transformation and finally freedom! Take a look.

The process of metamorphosis has begun! For the uninitiated Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree are names of Pokémon based on the evolving stages of caterpillars.

These are Spanish white cabbage butterflies. Sam has released 6 out of 7 of them, the last one is still in its cocoon.

We love how he turned around a freaky incident into a sweet lockdown pet story!

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