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| Letting them go! |
Every couple of springs we like to order some Painted Lady caterpillars from
Insect Lore and watch then turn into butterflies. The caterpillars come in the mail less than a centimeter long. They grow very fast in about a week. Then they crawl up to the top of the cup and hang in a "J" and start to form their chrysalis. It is fascinating to watch. They stay in the chrysalis for about 7 - 10 days and then come out as beautiful butterflies. We usually keep them a day or two and feed then sugar water or oranges, and then we let them go!
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Very cool!! My daughter is so in love with butterflies this year, she would love something like this! maybe next spring we will have to do it too! :)
ReplyDeleteby the way, your blog is so cute! Love it!
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