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My tiny catterpillars and butterfly house

For my Birthday Mummy and Daddy bought me a Butterfly Garden because I love butterflies so much. I’ve never seen a crysallis hatch and I’ve always wanted to and now I will!

I got a special house for them, a feeding pipette and I had to send off for my caterpillars. This week they arrived in a special cup full of their favourite food. I have to wait until they make a crysallis then put them in the butterfly house and wait for them to hatch.

After that I can give the butterflies flowers and sugared water for a couple of days before I release them into the garden.

They are painted lady butterflies and I’m looking forward to seeing them. The caterpillars were really tiny when they arrived, but they’ve already doubled in size, so I think they are healthy and happy. It takes about 7 - 14 days for them to make a chrysalis and then another 7-14 days for them to hatch. They already have something around them that looks like spiders web!