In Lorelai's Easter basket she got a Butterfly habitat. It came with a voucher to send away for a cup of caterpillars. We got the caterpillars, watched them crawl around, they attached themselves to the top of the cup and began forming their chrysalis cocoon. Then, Lorelai transferred them from the cup to the mesh basket habitat. We observed them for days and they began to emerge, dry their wings and feed on homemade nectar. It is time to release them before they start laying eggs. Lorelai is sad to see them go but it was a great learning experience for all the kids! There are videos at the end of the post in the web version....and yes, when we released, two butterflies were not quite ready to leave as they were too busy mating. We can always order more caterpillars from the website so we hope to do this again!
It's exciting because we keep seeing them flutter about our backyard!
videos below...
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