Caterpillar Capers

I organized a little "science project" for my Mom's Meet up group this year. I think it's been a hit. Abby's having fun anyway :-) We ordered Painted Lady Caterpillars from Insectlore.com they all come in one container and they are tiny! About 33 of them. Abby and I had to put food in this little Dixie cups and then transfer 1 or 2 caterpillars per cup. They walk around on the food on the bottom and eat and eat and eat and get really big. Then they spin a silk web and crawl to the top of the jar and hang upside down in a J shape, and then....


They turn into a chrysalis. They were pretty with gold flecks on their backs. In about 7-10 days they will emerge as butterflies. We can't wait.

As part of the activities we did a Butterfly Metamorphosis Story time. I ordered a couple books from Amazon.com that explained the transformation that the Caterpillars go through. It was a ton of fun, I think the Mom's learned a little in the process too. Below is Jarrett and Abby getting ready for story time. Boy are we going to have our hands full!!