Metamorphosis

The butterflies have emerged! Today the last of the five painted lady butterflies in Hannah's butterfly "habitat" emerged from its chyrsallis.

First, we watched the caterpillars form their chrysallises.


When they were all formed, we could move the paper lid from the jar and pin it to the side of the mesh habitat.


We waited another week or so and out came the butterflies! The girls even got to watch one "hatch" right before their eyes yesterday.


So exciting! (Sorry the pictures aren't that great -- it's hard to get a good picture through the mesh fabric.) Hopefully we will release them into the great outdoors soon!