Sunday, June 25, 2006

hatching butterflies

since my sparrows have grown and left their nest, kylinn and i started on our next life science project: painted lady butterfly larvae.

last year, i bought a butterfly kit and along with it came a coupon for five larvae (assuming only three would live). for about a week, my five (yep, they all made it) hairy worms crawled around their container eating, spinning silk and leaving nasty deposits all over. on saturday, they all headed up to the top, got into formation and began forming their chrysalides. today i'll move them into their new habitat where they will emerge as painted lady butterflies which we will then release into ky's butterfly garden.

voila! the miracle of life.

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