In August, my parents had come up and my dad pulled a milkweed plant (the only one around our yard) from out of our bushes. I went out the next day and saw it a monarch caterpillar next to it the milkweed plant. I was so excited! I showed the kids. (They had gotten some from my sister but the car was too hot and they died.)
I googled how to keep them alive because I had no idea what I was supposed to do with it. And I found this website. So that's what we did.
The website had said to put a stick in with the plant so that the caterpillar could climb on that and make its cocoon but ours didn't do that. :)
Our caterpillar only got away once to start looking for a place to shed it's final skin and "hang" out. It wasn't too far away from the milkweed plant and we found him just fine.
It was just amazing to see that that huge caterpillar can fit in that tiny cocoon (or chrysalis, as it's really called).
The plant was dying, so I had to prop it up.
It was an awesome experience. God is definitely creative!
We can't wait to do it again next year!
2 comments:
What a neat experience for the kids and you! Fun post!!
Mom
That is so neat! The pictures are really fun to look at too.tool
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