Butterfly Life Cycle - Pasta Noodles

They Are Finally Here!

Our butterflies are called Painted Ladies!

We are still waiting.....

We are still waiting for our butterflies! Usually before they come out, their chrysalis turns black and it is almost see through. You can see the color of their wings. The two on the right are almost ready, but the ones on the left are still brown. I'm predicting tomorrow will be the day for a couple of them! Hopefully I can get a picture of it!

This picture is very blurry, but you can see the color of their wings through their chrysalis!

Day 9, we have 5 chrysalis'! Once they make their chrysalis you open the jar and remove the paper from the lid of the jar and pin it in an enclosed space. We use the butterfly pavilion. Now we wait 7-10 days!

Day 8 two of the five caterpillars are in their chrysalis! How exciting!

This is Day 6. The caterpillars have started to hang upside down to make their chrysalis!

Day 4

We have had our caterpillars for 4 days and they have grown an inch. They are an inch and a half long! They grow so fast!

Butterfly Life Cycle

Our caterpillars have arrived!

Our caterpillars arrived in the mail today. They are about a half inch long. The stuff in the bottom of the cup is their food. They have formed webs in the jar to maneuver around, and yes the "stuff" stuck to the web is their waste! I will take a picture again in a couple days and they will probably have doubled their size!