Beautiful butterflies

I purchased a live butterfly garden for $5.00 (75% off) at Target last year and decided to order the live caterpillars recently for an extra $3.00 (for shipping and handling with coupon code). Five caterpillars in a vented cup showed up and grew very quickly. The kids loved to look at them and watched them pupate.

Around seven days later the painted lady butterflies hatched one by one. We released them after a few hours of observation. The last one did not seem like it wanted to go. We opened the netting several times and it would not fly away. I think it was smart and realized it had it good with flowers, sugar water and oranges to feed on.

This was fun learning experience for all.