They've all emerged!

All 5 of our butterflies have emerged! We put some sugar water in the bottom of their "garden", and it was so awesome to watch them "drink" with their tongues. I'm so thankful the kiddos were able to experience this life cycle (and miracle) first hand!

 Watching from the ground...



Butterflies, Butterflies Everywhere!

It sure is a good thing we had hubby move the butterflies over to their "butterfly garden". No sooner did we get them over than they started "hatching"! The first day two broke free of their cocoons. As of today, 4 of the 5 have emerged! (Sorry for the cruddy pictures again. These were also taken with my phone.)

Here are some of our yellow & black spotted ladybugs

Ladybug & Caterpillar Update

So, we've been watching our caterpillars and ladybug larvae that we got from here grow everyday. By Monday, all of our caterpillars had turned to chrysalides, and it was time to move them from this:

to this:

As I was NOT going to touch these things, Hubby had to do it after dinner Monday night. YUCK! Did you know that even when a caterpillar is in chrysallis form, it moves? UGH! We were able to keep two hanging on the lid of the cup, but the other three dropped and had to have silk removed from them. (Yes, apparently caterpillars can spin silk so that they can move around in their container, then get tangled in it when they don't have a good grip on the lid.) Anyways, Hubby picked one up with a q-tip and it started squirming all over the place! GROSS!! So now all 5 of our chrysalides are in their home. Now it's a waiting game.

As far as our ladybugs, they are all hanging upside-down in their habitat as well! Who knew Ladybugs had a similar life-cycle to butterflies?

If you look close, the yellow thing in the middle of picture below is actually a ladybug larvae turning into a pupa! Princess and I got to watch it moving around to turn into one! God's work is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! I cannot believe the wonders He has created!

We'll keep waiting for them to "hatch"!

Blessings...

Sarah