YAY!!! We have butterflies! I'm so happy! Anyway, our butterflies hatched! (You say: 'Ya, that "wasn't" obvious at all!') I'm going to pick up from the post titled 'Painted Lady Butterflies'. So they turned into chrysalids (the caterpillers) May 9th. And then, exactly 1 week later (May 16th) they hatched! Anyway, every morning we feed them with sugar-water that we sprinkle on the flowers that we have in a jar with water in it.
So today when I was feeding them, I got a drop of sugar-water on my finger, and gently touched the end of one of the drinking butterflies' "straw" with the drop. And you know what? It put one foot on the finger, and it drank. Then I began to pull away, and it held on to my finger!!!!!!!!!! I was amazed how light it was!
So that's what the butterflies have been doing!
So today when I was feeding them, I got a drop of sugar-water on my finger, and gently touched the end of one of the drinking butterflies' "straw" with the drop. And you know what? It put one foot on the finger, and it drank. Then I began to pull away, and it held on to my finger!!!!!!!!!! I was amazed how light it was!So that's what the butterflies have been doing!
6 comments:
Isn't it amazing how God created them?
Awe! Your nature study is so interesting and I love that you got to experience a butterfly on your finger. It certainly is a rare thing to happen since they are so fluttery and fast moving. I enjoy reading about the butterflies...thanks for sharing!
Wow! How amazing to have a butterfly on your finger! Beautiful creatures.
Thanks for sharing!
Alisa (homeschooling mom)
and Olivia (homeschooling daughter)
Cool!! Have you visited the butterfly center at Callaway Gardens?
I like that kind of stuff to
I like the butterfly on your finger!
We have butterflies, too! We like to feed them fruit. They liked the apples today.
From JJ (age 5)
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