Emma got a butterfly kit from Nanie and Papa. She had fun placing the stickers on the plastic picture and watching the caterpillars grow. Until the butterflies needed their mesh carrying bag, she used it as a pet and baby carrier.
Nanie and Papa happened to be at our house when the caterpillars formed the chrysalides so they helped Emma transfer them to the mesh bag. Then we waited and waited. Finally one morning as we were clearing up the breakfast dishes we noticed a flurry of wings- some of the butterflies had hatched!
We put in a couple of cut flowers and sprinkled them with sugar water, but we only saw a couple of them eating over the course of the few days we kept them in the mesh home.
When it came time to release them, Daddy helped her. One butterfly stayed in the bag until the next afternoon when Emma and I shook it out. Not five minutes later a robin flew down to the ground and gobbled it up. Emma was upset at first, but after hearing that it was good for the robin to eat, she was amazed by the process.
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