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All the posts I promised…and more! PLUS, a Caterpillar Update! Read on…
The caterpillars are already chrysalising or cocooning. They crawled to the top of their nursery and hung from the rafters. Seriously. They are in a milk jug. My daughter and neighbor put an elaborate...
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Cocoon Update! Soon to be followed by a Butterfly Update! (Real soon!)
Almost immediately after the caterpillars were in the milk container they began the process of making their cocoons. We had eleven caterpillars, and we have 11 cocoons. It is pretty amazing. It took...
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Video. Butterfly Goofing.
Sorry this is taking longer and longer. I couldn’t download from the camera, so I You-Tubed it and posted from there. There are four videos total. I only included two for the sake of not boring you to...
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We have BUTTERFLY!!
Sorry, this is Tuesday. My education obligations and medical appointments had me running. No time for the computer. Until now! We had our first butterfly on Sunday! Just one little guy…well…he was...
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I want to get away, I want to fly…away…
The first baby flew away. Literally. He took a long time to “dry”. But the cooler temps on Monday were most likely the problem. If you check the post below you’ll see some fun facts about butterflies...
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More Butterflies!More Butterflies!
In a giant burst of 84 degree sunshine and blue skies, is how we left our box of caterpillar chrysalis’, just hanging there looking like nothing was going on. The single butterfly that emerged on...
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Butterfly Video. Birth. Adaptation. Flight.
First up, as much as I could capture of the butterflies emerging. Excuse the jerky camera movement. I am not a professional. I was trying to get right in there! This is our little gang fluttering...
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Butterfly Party! With cake!
So the party was a success. We had food and drinks and cake and butterflies! What more? I do have some sad news though. It appears that we may have lost three of our little caterpillars. The ones that...
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