We got our five caterpillars in the mail a week or so ago. They were teeny tiny when we got them. Since then, they have shed their skin several times and grown into the normal sized caterpillars you are more used to seeing. Yesterday 4 of the 5 had begun to enter their chrysalis and the other finished his binging cycle and began hanging upside down this afternoon. The four that are in their chrysalis have formed a cocoon around themselves. We should have painted lady butterflies in about a week. We will hang on to them for a few days and hope that they will lay eggs before we release them into the wild.
Needless to say, they are all the rage in our house. Lucy says good morning to them every day and watches them off and on throughout the day. She loves to show them of to her friends and wants to have all of them over when we release them. She tells me the difference between cocoons and chrysalis and all about the growth of the insects. She has taken them to school and is thrilled to be a "butterfly" in school and be able to share butterflies with her classmates. She claims they are "Amazing animals!"
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