We took Amarilla to my folks house so she could begin her life in the real world on a beautiful, yet tasty, butterfly bush.
Looks like she may already have a friend.
My mom kept an eye on Amarilla for the rest of the day. The next morning I got a call from mom saying that she didn't think Amarilla was doing very well. She wasn't fluttering around the bush like other butterflies and had even fallen to the ground the day before. Mom put her back on the bush, but she hadn't moved at all and was just staying on a branch and not eating. So I came over with some honey water. She ate a bunch, but I decided to take her back home since it was going to be a cold and rainy day. I've watched her all day and I think she's doing much better.
Now on to the rest of the story. Two more butterflies emerged today and the poor things haven't had much attention...3rd and 4th kids really get the short end of the stick. I did witness the arrival of the final butterfly. Here's the pics.
As you look at these pictures, notice how the wings change. It's totally amazing how they are so wrinkled and small, but within a few minutes they unfold and straighten out.
Miraculous doesn't even begin to describe it!
I thought you might be interested in the crazy butterfly house we've created. As caterpillars, they started out in an aquarium that we had in the garage...left over from an attempt to raise hermit crabs. The hermit crabs didn't last, but thank goodness the aquarium did. Once the butterflies arrived we needed room for them to stretch their wings...how often can you use that phrase and mean it literally? So Jayme and Chase took apart their homemade nerf blowguns that they had made from pvc piping. We taped the piping to the 4 corners of the aquarium. I had some tulle tucked away from a previous project, so we just draped it over the posts. Wah-lah...butterfly house. They seem to enjoy it. I brought some flowers from mom's butterfly bush for them to eat. They love it!
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