hen she came over to drop off her caterpillars, she showed the kids how to recognize eggs and tiny caterpillars on our milkweed. We were hooked.
I bought a big screened in habitat, and we started raising monarch caterpillars. It’s been fascinating and wonderful!
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| This was one of Luke's favorite caterpillars. We found him as an egg. |
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| We were surprised how much these little guys can eat (and poop) in a day! |
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| We got to watch this one make her chrysalis. It was amazing. It looked like it was trying to squirm into a sleeping bag. |
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| This was the first one we watched emerge from her chrysalis. We didn't realize that their bodies looked so big and their wings so little when they first came out. I was worried something was wrong with her. But, she was perfect. We released her a few hours later. |
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| Anna letting Ally have a chance to hold the butterfly before we put her outside to let her wings keep drying. |
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| Our third released butterfly letting her wings finish drying in the sun. |
