Thursday, March 27, 2014

Butterfly Lifecycle















Siena received a butterfly habitat for her birthday from Great Grandma.  When it warmed up a little we ordered the caterpillars.  She received 2 containers with 5 caterpillars in each one.  A little over a week later the caterpillars formed into a chrysalis.  After 3 days I transferred them into the habitat.  A week later they began to emerge.  All 10 Painted Lady butterflies emerged.  We fed them fresh oranges and sugar nectar.  We ended up having a cold snap and had to delay releasing them for 2 days.  We released them into our butterfly garden - 2 of them stayed for a long time.

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