Tuesday, May 6, 2008

More Butterflies

4/18/08 Friday (9:30 p.m.)
The big ones are between 5/8 and 3/4 of an inch, but the little one is only exactly a half of an inch.

They have grown a lot in 12 hours!

4/22/08 Tuesday
They are huge. There are lots and lots of webs on the outside now.

They are huge! They are about 1-1/2" all stretched out.

4/25/08 Friday
They are 1-3/4". And on is hanging. And others aren't hanging, but they are flat at the top of the bottle.

Wow, and their webs — one went all the way to the top of the bottle!

Their food is messed up now, but I think they've all had enough for when they pupate.

Their heads are hanging down and they're trying to put their heads to each other. Now one is crawling down.

They have greenish sides like a string woven in them. And one tried to eat the web that they made.

They're just doing a lot of amazing stuff.

4/26/08 Saturday, 7:40 a.m.
Two of them have spun chrysalises, and all the others are down, but they don't have chrysalis.

5/6/08 Tuesday, 3:29 p.m.
Two butterflies have hatched. We gave them a slice of orange because they'll suck the juice out of of it with their proboscis.

The ones that have hatched, their chrysalises are empty now and they look pink.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow Addy! Your butterflies sound really cool! Is it fun to have them in your house?

Love,

Aunt Beth