Our catepillars arrived a few days ago. They have already tripled in size! We ordered them from Insect Lore and they seemed to come almost immediately. (We've been waiting for ants for our ant farm for months!) We check on them throughout the day because they are constantly changing. They are eating and spinning silk and growing like crazy. We have been reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and have some other butterfly books on reserve at the library. Jack is already sure that he will be too sad to release them when they become butterflies. I told him we can plant a butterfly bush in the backyard, and they will come back to visit us often. I hope this is true! I will keep you posted on our metamorphasis...
21 May 2008
Raising butterflies is fun! Just make sure you release them in the time frame suggested. Their life span is VERY short & you don't want to have to explain to your child why one seems to be "sleeping."
Posted by: Stephanie | 21 May 2008 at 09:02 PM