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Lots of Butterflies!

I like to walk on a bike path near my husbands work.

We got a nice surprise on our last visit of hundreds of butterflies!

We would be walking and suddenly they were everywhere!

They really liked to land on the back of my neck.
It did freak me out a bit but I tried to keep my cool since I was the adult.

Ha My girls went between loving it and freaking out. They seemed to like my oldests’ daughters bright shirt. My two younger girls were not very happy that they were not getting landed on. I believe they are Painted Lady Butterflies. Little bit was being chased by a butterfly. This one did not want to leave and just hung out for a long time. I decided this was a good time to try getting a shot with all my kids in it! I was wrong.

I did not get one shot with everyone looking.

HA

Oh well, we will just go with a nice casual shot. Trying to be super still so a butterfly will land on them. She did not like her pet butterfly moving to her neck… He thought it was funny. She freaked out right after this.

Yes, I took a video.

But also I helped move the butterfly along.

Ha

She finally got a butterfly!

It ended up staying with her the rest of the time! Her butterfly flew off before we could get one more pic. This one did not want to leave.I was told by one of my daughters that this was the best walk ever!

Check out the video I made of all the butterflies!

Warning, might contain squealing.

Insect Lore ~Butterfly Kit

 

caterpillar

It is really interesting to receive caterpillars in the mail.

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I  actually bought the cage last summer but put off buying the caterpillars too long and than had to wait until this year to buy them.

We did not want to get them in the winter and be unable to release them.

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The boys were so excited about every stage.

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reading

We have a book on the stages of a butterfly that my youngest wanted to read again when they started to come out of their chrysalides.

The boys were even able to watch one of the butterflies emerge from the chrysalis!

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release

butterfly

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Only one out of the five caterpillars had some trouble.

This butterflies wings did not develop correctly and it could not fly.

My oldest wanted to keep it safe in the cage but we ended up putting it in our flower garden instead.

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I could not help playing with this little guy while I had my macro lens on!

If you have a butterfly lover or are learning about butterflies this is a great kit!

 

Catching Butterflies

I love getting the opportunity to take pictures of my friend and her family!

She does not need me to do so as much anymore since she is a really good photographer!

I am happy for her but a little sad for me…

She understands my need to take pictures in my beautiful yard early in the morning.

I basically just followed them around as they searched for butterflies.

Thank you Stephanie for getting up early for me!!!