The consumers lab was focused on two caterpillars grown in a cup with medium and to observe their growth. As time progressed over a few weeks, caterpillars were growing larger with their large amount of food intake. Soon they entered their next stage of life, the pupa, and stayed like that throughout the rest of the experiment. During the experiment the masses of both cups changed as evaporation and conversion to energy for the bugs. Reflecting back, more observations throughout the day would have helped as most were when they were cocooned, eating, or resting on the walls of the cup.