The nursery at this point consists of three Chinese take out trays, a folded sheet of paper towel and the sprigs of anise that I found the "babies" on. Every few days I will change the paper towel and add a fresh sprig of anise to the trays. The caterpillars will move along and eventually end up on the fresh sprig. I then remove the older sprig or sprigs. I change the paper towel as necessary to keep things clean. Right now they are so small there is very little waste. I keep them in the kitchen because I enjoy watching them. You can almost see them grow. At this point you don't have to worry about them going anywhere or falling off the anise, they hang on tight and are staying with their food source.
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