A British man who discovered some creepy crawlies lurking in his produce took Twitter users on a ride when he decided to raise and release them, documenting the whole experience on social media.
Sam Darlaston, a radio host for KISS FM U.K.‘s Late Show, took to Twitter on June 11 after discovering a handful of caterpillars munching on a head of broccoli he recently purchased from British grocery store Tesco.
“Hey @Tesco,” Darlaston wrote in a now-viral thread. “I was about to cook my favourite vegetable of all time (broccoli) and after unwrapping it, to my surprise, found caterpillars inside! They’re really nice and we’ve ended up keeping one as a pet and naming him. but just as a heads up, some of your broc has c-pillars.”
Hey @Tesco I was about to cook my favourite vegetable of all time (broccoli) and after unwrapping it, to my surprise, found caterpillars inside! They’re really nice and we’ve ended up keeping one as a pet and naming him. but just as a heads up, some of your broc has c-pillars pic.twitter.com/3VLIQAEogG
— Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) June 11, 2020
The radio host certainly wasn’t kidding about that last part — he later shared a video of his new “pet,” named Cedric, hanging out inside of a large, plastic container, where he provided him with food and water.
“In case anyone is interested, the name we’ve gone with is Cedric, he’s from Spain (at least we assume so because the broccoli is) and he dances after eating spinach and broc all day long,” Darlaston wrote.
In case anyone is interested, the name we’ve gone with is Cedric, he’s from Spain (at least we assume so because the broccoli is) and he dances after eating spinach and broc all day long pic.twitter.com/tO1EyMgeG1
— Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) June 11, 2020
On his next trip to Tesco that same day, to replace his caterpillar-tainted vegetables, Darlaston was shocked to discover that the second head of broccoli he purchased had five more of the little critters — which he named Broc, Olly, Carlos, Croc and Janine.
The next day, a straggler was found in a third head of broccoli purchased by Darlaston’s roommate, which he named Slim Eric.
SO IT TURNS OUT THAT THIS BROC CONTAINS ANOTHER 5 CATERPILLARS????!!!! 5!!!!! Also it turns out that THIS… is now a caterpillar thread pic.twitter.com/7M0UIcUxrU
— Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) June 11, 2020
Two days after the saga began, Cedric the caterpillar evolved into a chrysalis.
Also, a closer look at Cedric who is now 30 hours into his chrysalis stage – now fully renamed Metapod until he elvolves into butterfree pic.twitter.com/Ryx4jVjgxf
— Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) June 13, 2020
A little over a week later, on June 22, Cedric reemerged, looking just a bit different than when Darlaston first laid eyes on him.
Broc then became a chrysalis on Friday night… But then on SUNDAY MORNING I WAS GREETED BY CEDRIC!!!! he’s changed a bit pic.twitter.com/KvqorlRFKh
— Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) June 22, 2020
In total, Darlaston and his roommate witnessed seven Tesco caterpillars morph into butterflies before their very eyes, releasing them back into the wild as they emerged from their cocoons.
3/7 of the Tesco broccoli caterpillars are now wild butterflies , this morning Janine joined Cedric and Slim Eric for her new life (thought she’d at least say bye but she just bolted) pic.twitter.com/ZxggmWc6VP
— Sam Darlaston (@samd_official) June 24, 2020
Tesco responded to the thread on Twitter, apologizing and offering to log the incident in its database — but for the most part, Darlaston doesn’t seem too bothered by the incident and the subsequent journey it led him on.
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