Butterfly Lifecycle & Release - June 13th, 2014
Get a butterfly kit, discover caterpillars sold separately
Caterpillars arrive, put on top of fridge away from Baby
Once the butterflies have formed chrysalides . . .
Hang the cup lid inside the pop-up habitat
Baby notices movement after seven days goes by
The first butterfly emerges from its chrysalis June 11th
The girls watch the new butterflies stretch their wings
Two are out with three more to go
First close up of a Painted Lady butterfly
One chrysalis hanging and one more on the napkin below
Two butterflies strengthen their wings
Painted Lady underwing do not have the orange/red hues
Now showing off the red and orange of the top wings
Yo buddy, how about some food in here?
Three butterflies are out and ready for lunch
That is some good watermelon! Thank you very much!
One more shot with the packaging, looks like it works!
Still have one chrysalis on the wall and one on the ground
That is cool, more food for me that way
Alex shows the last two how to emerge from a chrysalis
The 4th butterfly emerges on the 2nd day
See, I told you my demonstration would work
Baby finds the butterflies on day two
Do you think this fifth one will emerge from the bottom?
Neighbor cats hear rumors of butterflies inside our house
Rare Friday the 13th full moon, next time in 35 years
Full moon coaxes the fifth butterfly out!
Nope! Not going to have a sixth butterfly!
Baby is getting too close to the butterflies on day 3
Oops sorry about that, man these things are fragile!
You should know hiding them in the bathroom won't work
Lexi joins the girls for Friday butterfly release
Mommy helps Alex remove the first butterfly for release
Got him, bring him to the opening and voilà
Rainbow, the butterfly, makes a run toward freedom!
Erin's turn to release butterfly #2
Mommy helps Erin coax a butterfly out of the habitat
Erin names it Rainbow Dash and releases it
It takes a nosedive into the yard
Erin gives it another liftoff and it clears the fence
Lexi's turn to release a butterfly
She names hers Flower and releases it to the wild
Alex gets a second release the fourth butterfly
The fifth one was killed by Baby earlier
Alex pulls it out of the habitat and lets it go
Wings flaps off into freedom & 2 weeks of debauchery
Erin pulls the dead 5th butterfly out for close inspection
Time for a close look without the netting
All look at the colors and touch the wings
Lexi gets a closer look with the magnifying glass
The Vanessa cardui . . . AKA: the Painted Lady
Also called the Cosmopolitan in North America
A surpise rabbit completes the Bambi moment!
Nope! I saw what you did to that butterfly!