All About Butterflies

We've been having a fun time with the larvae we received from Insect Lore.  It is part of our project for "B B Butterfly."  It's pretty incredible to watch the process so far.  I hate to admit that at my age I've never seen this up close.  I'm enjoying it as much as Caleb is.  ;o)

It's hard to believe that this fuzzy little critter begins the process.  It's a Painted Lady larvae.  For record keeping sake, this is what all five larvae looked like on Day 1.

Then it becomes a chrysalis:

And this.  Not sure why these two ended up on the bottom of the container, but they did.  Insect Lore assured me that they will still do their thing and become butterflies.  We shall see.

Here they are all together before we moved the chrysalids to their new home....the butterfly habitat.  The one is still in larvae form.  That one doesn't move around much, but does appear to still be alive.  So, we used a paper towel in the lid and need to wait and see if this 5th one will become a chrysalis also.

And here they are in the butterfly habitat.  Again, for record keeping sake - this is Day 7.

These are the guys that were on the bottom of the container.  I was told to move them using a spoon and being very gentle.  They were somewhat attached to bits of the food so we didn't have any choice but to move it all in one clump.

And my little guy who doesn't care much for drawing?  Drew this.

We're both hoping to see them actually break out of the chrysalis.   Just a few more days - - so we'd better be watching!

Until later,

Pam