Painted lady butterflies
Hi everyone!
I recently bought a butterfly growing kit from insect lore! It comes with every you need to raise 5 caterpillars into painted lady butterflies ๐
I will be posting regular updates here if anyone would like to follow along the journey
Butterflies are beautiful@SomebodySpicy13
Day 17 (I think, I lost count of the days ๐)
So I went to go over to look at the butterflies and thought I was going crazy as I saw 4 butterflies instead of 3 in the habitat
I got my mum to come over and have a look and low and behold another butterfly had just hatched out!
(It's very difficult to get a picture through the mesh, my apologies)
๏ปฟAll the butterflies are doing well and are stretching their wings and eating from the orange I placed in the habitat.
Unfortunately the curled up cocoon that I affectionately named curly boi didn't make it
So sorry to hear that curly boi didnโt make it :( but Iโm so happy to hear that the other butterflies are doing so well!๐
@SomebodySpicy13 Thanks for keeping us updated RIP Curly Boi will you bury them under a nice butterfly bush, is that possible would hate to think of them flushed away after they were such an important part of the team :)
Listening - One Step At A Time!
@SomebodySpicy13 When will you release them? And where? Its getting wet and colder here not sure about your weather.
Listening - One Step At A Time!
Day 18
The butterflies are all stretching their wings and practicing flying now, it's so cute to see them trying to fly
It won't be long until they are ready to be released outside, I sure will miss them :(
You may have noticed one of the butterflies is smaller than the others and has a slightly mishapen wing, she has been called nemo
The other girl (you can tell the gender by the shape of their abdomens, girls are more rounded than boys) we will name Florentine, and the two boys will be called Pickle (as one got a bit stuck) and the other will be Speedy
Wow where can I order one?
@lonely8282jenefa
Hi, I got these butterflies from Insect Lore, if you type that into any search engine you should be able to find these ๐ฅฐ
Thanks so much!
Day 21 - Release day ๐๐ฆ
The day has come, my friends, to release the butterflies!
They are all strong and can fly about now so it is time to take them outside to be released
Once the habitat was opened, one of the butterflies flew straight out raring to go and took off up my yard
The other three chose to hang around a little bit to stretch their wings and warm up before taking flight
One was hanging out on my sister's hand sunning out his wings for a few minutes before he too flew away...
Don't worry, they haven't gone too far away, they are still fluttering around my yard with all the plants and flowers.
So, thankyou dear friends for allowing me to share this with you and for coming along on the journey with me. This won't be the last you see of me โบ๏ธ
@SomebodySpicy13 Fly safe beautiful butterflies! And thank-you for taking the time and energy to post all these beautiful pictures and keeping us updated too ๐
Listening - One Step At A Time!
So beautiful and thank you so much for sharing their journey with us!๐
