There are about 30 eggs laid. We released 5 butterflies today.
September 23, Eggs!
The cycle begins again. The butterflies are laying eggs. We released one butterfly so the current butterfly count is 10. We will release all of the butterflies soon.
Emerging!
The butterflies have all emerged from their chrysalis and are more beautiful than ever.
More posts soon!
More posts soon!
We have eleven butterflies in the house!
Eleven beautiful butterflies are in the butterfly house! We are so excited. Claire E. will post pictures soon. Be sure to check out how we taught a couple of butterflies how to sip nectar. It was amazing.
September 17 - Chrysalis
There are about 12 chrysalis. We think half of them crawled out and went outside to make their chrysalis. All is still quiet in the butterfly house! We expect butterfly activity this weekend or early next week.
September 11 - Update
Almost all of the caterpillars are in a chrysalis. Pictures and the chrysalis count to be posted tomorrow.
Exploring!
We found a very curious little caterpillar today. This little guy thought he should take a little experimental mental loop around the classroom.
Shedding Skin
The butterflies have been shedding their skin. They shed a total of 5 times before entering a chrysalis. They shed their skin starting from their bottom and working their way to the top. The skin is black and wrinkly when it comes of and under the old skin their is a fresh layer of new skin.
Bigger and Bigger!
The butterflies have grown so much! They are about 3x as big as they were last friday. 
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