Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Ten

How fast they are changing.

This first picture is 'day ten' in the morning. Notice, they are all up top but not all of them are enveloped in the chrysalis.


Here's 'day ten' after school.
Now, we have four chrysalis and one ready to make hers.

I'm amazed at how fast things start to move in the chrysalis weaving stage.

Here, they are all warm and cozy pupa. Or is it pupas, pupi?


I removed them from the container and taped the cover to the netting of the Butterfly Garden.
Since they ate all the paper, I had to keep them on the plastic cover as well.


Enjoy your new home for a while guys.

10 pressed comments:

Pamela said...

they appear so bizarre hanging there on that lid.

Margaret said...

what happened to Earl??

monkeysandmarbles said...

i'm so totally fascinated by this! where i grew up we used to see tons of pupas/pupi in trees, etc. around our house. but we never got to see them through the whole process.

very cool! (and i'm glad Earl is safe...for now!)

RWA said...

I see the solution to eating all of the paper now. Well done.

chelle said...

OOoooo how long till we see butterflies?!?!?

the planet of janet said...

where's earl???

Kathryn said...

I'm ready for the butterflies. Those things are getting nasty looking. And I like catepillars!

Queen of the Mayhem said...

I am betting Fa is LOVING watching all this come to fruition!

Can't wait to see them when they become butterflies!

slackermommy said...

So cool! We did that last year and I actually got obsessed with the little fuckers. I set up my camcorder all night because I was so afraid I would miss then hatching. I need a life!

Janet said...

This is really fascinating to watch. It's ALMOST like being there. I will definitely get one of these next year. Thanks!
(And, yeah, what about Earl? I always feel empathy for the underdog, er, pillar.

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