This year Pierce and Zoe are studying flying creatures, so we've been raising ladybird beetles and Painted Lady butterflies. We got them both as larvae and have been observing them grow. Most of our beetles have matured, a couple are still pupae, and a couple died. We plan on releasing them in the next couple of evenings, as our yard is *full* of aphids! The caterpillars were amazing to watch, as they grew so fast and so much! All of them made chrysalids. This morning we woke up to one beautiful, newly emerged butterfly!
*I would love to show you pictures of all of this, but Stephen dropped my camera a few days ago and broke it :( so I'll have to use stock photography for now. I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.
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