Leaf Munchers
three caterpillars eating one big leaf

What you see on every new tab

Leaf Munchers fills the New Tab page with a single Alocasia leaf in warm light with soft leaves and drifting dust behind it. Three caterpillars live on it and slowly eat it, and what they have eaten stays eaten when you open the next tab.

• The caterpillars: three, each with thirteen segments that ripple as it walks: an Old World swallowtail in mint green with black and orange spots, a violet one with yellow, red and blue stripes, and one with every segment a different colour.
• The eating: they work from the edge inward and leave the midrib. Each chomp takes a small piece and crumbs fall. A piece chewed free drops away, and a caterpillar standing on it goes down with it, then turns up again a few seconds later.
• A new leaf: when most of the blade is gone the scraps fall, the bare rib shows for a moment, and a fresh leaf unfurls from the stem.

Nothing is a video. The leaf is one photograph; the caterpillars, the bites and the swaying are worked out live in your browser, differently every time.

What it reacts to

• Mouse: sweep your cursor past a caterpillar's head and it rears up to look.
• Music: with music sync on, the mids make the leaf sway more.
• Weight: the leaf sags under each caterpillar and bounces with every step and chomp.

Free or Pro?Pro

Ambient New Tab is free to install, with three free themes. Leaf Munchers is a Pro theme. Pro is $5.99 a month or $39.99 a year, cancel anytime, and it unlocks every Pro theme, music sync, and every new theme as we release it. You can preview Leaf Munchers full screen before you buy: open the Themes panel and rest your mouse on it. Changed your mind? 14-day refund, no questions.

How to get it

1. Add Ambient New Tab to Chrome (or Edge, Brave, Arc, Vivaldi, Opera).
2. Open a new tab and click the Themes pill in the bottom-right corner.
3. Pick Leaf Munchers. Done.

Questions

Does the leaf start fresh on every new tab?

No. The bites are saved in your browser, so the next tab opens on the same half-eaten leaf and the caterpillars carry on.

Is Leaf Munchers free?

It is a Pro theme. Pro is $5.99 a month or $39.99 a year. It unlocks every Pro theme, music sync, and every new theme as it is released. Cancel anytime.

What happens when the leaf is gone?

The last scraps fall, the bare rib stands for a few seconds, and a new leaf unfurls from the stem.

Does it work on my phone?

No. It's a desktop browser extension for Chrome and Edge on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS. If you're reading this on a phone, send yourself the link.

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