Origami Bugs. Michael G. LaFosse

fold in progress. Watch the “X” and “Y” corners.

      9 Mountain- and valley-fold the middle to form a body.

      10 The finished Butterfly.

      Caterpillar

      Designed by Michael G. LaFosse

      Use a 6-inch (15 cm), square paper.

      1 Valley-fold, corner to corner both ways.

      2 Fold the bottom corner up to the center of the paper where the creases cross.

      3 Turn the paper over, top to bottom.

      4 Fold in the left and right corners to meet at the center.

      5 Turn over, left to right.

      6 Fold top two corners down to the colored point.

      7 Fold in the left and right edges to meet in the middle.

      8 Mountain- and valley-fold a series of parallel pleats to make overlapping segments.

      9 Fold in half. Rotate the paper so that the head corner is on the right.

      10 Push in the inside corners of the body segments. Repeat on the other side. Squash-fold the head corner to the left, over the front end of the body.