Butterfly Release

The butterflies await release.



Alette was a little concerned that they would not want to leave, so kept poking her arm into their home hoping to shoo them out.



A quick rest on our hydrangea before leaving.

I was really, really excited about doing this butterfly raising project with Alette. Actually, I was tempted to do it even if she didn't care a bit about butterflies. The caterpillars all successfully became chrysallis...and then a week later we had six beautiful butterflies emerge. Even though we missed the actual emerging butterflies, it was exciting to watch them uncrumple their wings and beat them dry. We kept them for a couple of days (which drove the cats a bit crazy), them released them in our yard.