Our oldest caterpillar showed signs that it would be coming out yesterday. The main sign is that the beautiful greenish colour goes a murky black colour. We took it with us everywhere we went so that we wouldn't miss it.
Looking up close we could see more and more details through the chrysalis.
We went out and while we were out we took the jar with us. We even brought it into Harveys when we ate lunch. Good thing we did because as soon as we got all settled and started to take our first bites it started to emerge. I took video and was way too excited, so it's good that my hubby decided to edit it and add music. The kids liked to watch how he edited it on the computer. I'm glad you don't have to hear my shrieking, excited noises as we watch it come out. LOL! It was way to hard to contain the excitement. We've had many caterpillars but never actually saw the butterfly come out of it's chrysalis before. It's a good thing we didn't obey the signs as we entered Harveys that says "No Pets Allowed".
The kids took out the chrysalis for closer observation after we got home and learned that there was a liquid inside it. We identified the butterfly as a female. I'll take a picture of our butterfly tomorrow as we let it go outside so you can see the beautiful markings on it that helped us identify that it as a female.
2 comments:
that is really cool!!
So. Stickin. Cool!!
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