Ashlynn received a Butterfly
Pavilion from Uncle Stan and Aunt Kathryn for her birthday. We immediately ordered the
caterpillars. Over the next few weeks, we observed the life cycle of a butterfly.
These are the
caterpillars starting to attach to build their cocoons.
We transferred the cocoons into the
pavilion, and waited (impatiently)!
The emerging of the Painted Lady Butterflies was neat to see. On the side, you see the
empty cocoons. The butterflies had just emerged and were still pumping their wings to strengthen them.
Ashlynn released 9 of the 10 butterflies. One of them had a broken wing, and could not fly very well. She is currently keeping that one in her room. We have been feeding the injured using sugar water and orange slices.
She really enjoyed holding the butterflies.
We have even seen a few of them flying around our house since we released them!
Ashlynn released 9 of the 10 butterflies. One of them had a broken wing, and could not fly very well. She is currently keeping that one in her room. We have been feeding the injured using sugar water and orange slices.
She really enjoyed holding the butterflies.
2 comments:
Neat!
Thanks for sharing! We're glad she enjoyed them...we thought it would a fun, learning experience. :)
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