Connor's best friend Holden got him a "grow your own butterfly kit" for his birthday. It arrived in the mail on April 11 with five tiny caterpillars, and we have been enjoying them turn into butterflies since then! It has been fascinating seeing the life cycle from a caterpillar to a butterfly over the last three weeks.
Day 1: Connor's five little caterpillars arrived in the mail.
Day 8: They have grown so much!
Day 9: The first caterpillar is hanging in the J position {meaning it's about to turn into a chrysalis}.
Day 10: One chrysalis, two hanging in J position, and two are still caterpillars.
Day 15: All five have hardened and turned into chrysalides.
Day 16: They are in their new home and ready to emerge any day now.
Day 18: The first butterfly emerged.
Day 20: Two more butterflies emerged within an hour of each other. We saw the one on the right come out of its chrysalis.
Day 22: Our fifth butterfly emerged this morning. I took them to Connor's school so he could show them to his class and then we released them in the creek near our house when Aaron got home.
This one loved Olivia. It stuck to her for awhile.
Watching his butterfly fly away.
Their new home.
This was such a neat experience. I would recommend it to anyone with small kids.I plan on ordering more caterpillars next year so we can do it each spring.
XOXO,
Jenn
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