We have been on a fun adventure this summer, we have taken to raising butterflies!
It started back in July when Mama found a lady in town who sells Monarch Chrysalises. We got some pokey butterflies, but in the end all three came out on the same day while we were at the lake.
We all loved getting to hold them and set them free...
and we loved getting to see how beautiful they are up close.
Fast forward a few weeks, and Mama found some monarch eggs. So far we haven't been too successful in raising them to maturity, but we are getting better and I have a great feeling about our last two!
Did you know that you can buy Painted Lady caterpillars on Amazon? We were much more successful with those guys, but they weren't nearly as fun because we didn't have to do anything to feed them, and they really weren't that cute. The worst part was that the chrysalises wiggle!! Mama did NOT like that.
Meanwhile, outside, our fall flowering plants are blooming and the Painted Lady butterflies are LOVING those. We got home from school the other day and there were DOZENS of butterflies on our flowers.
Mama agreed to let me catch some and put them in our butterfly net if I could. What she didn't know was that I was going to talk Daddy into helping me and he got home just in time. We caught 8 butterflies! Kitten REALLY loved playing with them, though I don't think they liked it much so we moved them away from him.
At the end of the night Mama insisted that we release them back outside where they belong. I knew she was right, but I really wanted to keep them as pets.
Say a prayer for our last 2 monarchs. We are trying really hard to help the monarchs out, I hope we can release these two so they can enjoy their migration down to Mexico.
Linden
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