Donna and I finally gave in to those commercials about butterflys and purchased the kit for $20 bucks. A few days later this little container showed up in our mailbox complete with 5 tiny caterpillars. The girls were so excited to get bugs in the mail and were pretty fascinated with how fast those little critters grew.
After about a week we noticed one of the caterpillars crawled to the top and instinctively dropped into a J shape and held very still. Within 12 hours a hard chrysalis formed around its body.
We waited patiently for 1 week for the butterflys to hatch from their chrysalis'
And then.....the first butterfly crawled out and unfolded her wings!
The girls were very impressed with how beautiful their butterflys were.
After about a week we noticed one of the caterpillars crawled to the top and instinctively dropped into a J shape and held very still. Within 12 hours a hard chrysalis formed around its body.
We waited patiently for 1 week for the butterflys to hatch from their chrysalis'
And then.....the first butterfly crawled out and unfolded her wings!
The girls were very impressed with how beautiful their butterflys were.
Little Kort kept trying to eat them! This butterfly narrowly escaped her chubby fingers to live another day. Soon we released them into the wild. We all had a blast growin' butterflys.
