Butterflies

Here are a few pictures of the butterflies we are growing. Originally they came to us in the mail as caterpillars. They stayed in a sealed cup with food on the bottom. The literally grew about 5 xs their original size. They kinda got ugly too with white spikes on their backs. After about 2 weeks they crawled to the top and formed into chrysalids. One of the caterpillars couldnt climb to the top so he stayed on the bottom and made his lil coccoon. We then placed them in their home with is a mesh cage. In about 10 days they will start to hatch as butterflies. We will then feed them carnations soaked in sugar water, watermelon and orange slices. We will then let them go outside after a week or so. Right now the lil guys are just "hanging" out in their habitat. I will take some more pictures and post when they start emerging from their chrysalids.