Nikki | September 11, 2009
Last week we found this little guy. Ainsley actually stepped on him but he seems to be ok. We are trying to figure out exactly what he is. We are still researching, but so far all we know is that he is some type of inch worm and that he changes colors so he can [...]
Nikki | September 11, 2009
On Thursday, Sept.3, two of our Monarch cocoons were almost completely black and our beautiful butterflies were ready to come out! Sadly our 1st cocoon never matured. How amazing to watch these darken and you can see the colors of the wings through the cocoon. Here is the first one just out of the cocoon, [...]
Nikki | August 22, 2009
Daddy brought home 2 more caterpillars on Wed and one of the worms was mature already. So he began to hang and spin his chrysalis that night and when we checked him yesterday morning he was finished. Then today Hermie and Wormie decided to hang from the top or our jar. We went out shopping [...]
Nikki | August 18, 2009
It’s time for Monarch butterflies!! For the past 3 years we have “raised” a few butterflies and it’s something we enjoy learning about each year. So we were excited to have a go at it again this year. We have been searching for caterpillars for the past couple weeks and haven’t found any. The roadsides [...]
