🦋Beautiful Butterflies 🦋
The warm and humid weather makes June the perfect time for butterflies to start emerging and fluttering through wildflowers and gardens.
There are approximately 18,500 named species of butterflies all over the world. Here is a quiz to identify some of the more common UK species: https://www.sporcle.com/games/Woorsie/uk-butterflies-picture-click
I have purchased a butterfly kit and the caterpillars were sent to me in a culture pot and in 2-3 weeks, they will eat, spin silk, and grow until they are 10x bigger than they were when they arrived. When they are ready, they will form chrysalides and then in another 1-2 weeks, they will emerge as Painted Lady butterflies! (pictured above)
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@Lou73
So exciting getting to raise some beautiful painted ladies and see the wonder of metamorphosis every step of the way. There is something about seeing it in person that can't be reproduced in pictures I hope you will enjoy the entire process. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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Thank you @EmotionsListener! Yes it's definitely something else in person. I have tried to capture the photos but as they come in a culture cup that can't be opened, taking photos has been a challenge! 🦋
Thank you for accepting this challenge and letting us witness this beautiful journey.
Much love,
Angel 💙💜
@Lou73
Day 1 - The kit arrives with 5 tiny little caterpillars. They were pretty inactive to begin with but then they started to move about and started to eat the food in the bottom of the cup.
Omg! ♥️ It would be fun to see them grow! A beautiful experience to witness!
Thank you so much for doing this as I love butterflies for their ability to be free. And I love my freedom and think of myself as a butterfly.
Much love,
-Angel 💙💜
@Lou73
Aww @lyricalAngel70 that's so lovely. Butterflies can definitely represent spreading our wings and growing into something beautiful!
So true ♥️
@Lou73
Day 2 - they were already starting to grow in size and continued to munch at the food and spin silk webbing inside the culture cup.
Day 3 - Growth continued and they seemed to develop stripy bands and there was evidence of shedding. These caterpillars will shed their exoskeleton 5 times before forming their chrysalid.
@Lou73 this is fantastic! Thank you for sharing 🙂
I have bookmarked, subscribed, and added this page to my home screen on my smartphone so that I don't miss any day. ♥️
Thanks a lot from the bottom of my heart for doing this. This post has already made me so excited that I think I've already commented more than thrice by now! Hahaha 😅
Experiencing them growing in person is par excellence and I'd love to experience it too. Would you please inform me where to buy the butterfly kit? 😍
Much love,
-Angel 💜💙
@Lou73
Thank you so much for your interest and support @lyricalAngel70!!
The company is called Insect Lore and they have a UK and US website and I think they can ship to the EU as well!
That's perfect! ♥️
Could you please share the link to their website?
Thank you so much
@Lou73
@Lou73 Yesssss this is a fantasssstic post thanks! And your project will help the world domination by butterflies too lol!
I am eager to watch their progress. Have you named any of them?
Do any have distinctive personalities?
Listening - One Step At A Time!
Day 4 - this little one decided to check out the top of the container! The black stuff to the left is part of the exoskeleton that they shed as they grow!
Hey there, tiny adorable thing 😍
Thank you so much for sharing. 💙💜
@Lou73
Following, such a cute post.
Day 5 - These caterpillars have GROWN! There's lots more webbing in the bottom of the cup and it seems like they have doubled in size overnight! It also looks like they are appearing lighter in colour. 🐛
