Ok, let me just start by saying NEVER did I think I'd get so excited by a jar of caterpillars. But this is seriously the coolest thing to watch. So much has happened over the past 2 days!
So Friday night we get home and two of the caterpillars were hanging from the top! YAY!
So I was all excited that we were going to have 2 out of 4 caterpillars probably turn into butterflies! I woke up Saturday and as we're prepping for gymnastics Jaelynn comes running out, MOM! LOOK!
Well, what do ya know-the last two caterpillars are hanging upside down now!
So now we wait. They are supposed to almost "curl up" like a ball and turn into chrysalids. At that point we put them in a big cage type thing, and then watch them turn into butterflies!
They formed their chrysalis' fast! This is the long part that always drives my students crazy! PS I'm not a fan of putting them hanging in the habitat.
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