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A birthday project |
One of the presents R got for his birthday this year was a butterfly habitat and larvae from
Insect Lore. It's a pretty neat project - you order the larvae from the website and they mail them to you in a little cup with "food" goo in the bottom. When the caterpillars arrive they hardly move at all, but they grow amazingly fast and a few days later they crawl up to the top of the cup and form
chrysali, which hatch inside a mesh habitat.
The butterflies were really pretty when they hatched. Our cat didn't like them and I was really anxious that they weren't eating, or I would have kept them hanging in our kitchen. We took them to our community garden plot and R released them. Periodically he reminds me that our butterflies went up in the sky to look for flowers to eat.
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Caterpillars suspended from the top of their cup |
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R carrying the butterfly habitat |
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Ready to be released |
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