Soon after they hatched.
One week later. They kept eating and pooping none stop it seemed.
This is when their jar was getting cleaned out a week later. The next day they started twitching and turned black.
Daddy got a video of one making a chrysalis.
Here's the skin they shed on the bottom of the jar.
Here's the skin they shed on the bottom of the jar.
Here's they are in their chrysalis state. They look like peppers hanging to me; with pretty gold leaf beads around them.
Five days past and now you can see their wings through their chrysalis.
Here are the Now they are Monarch Butterflies. We let them go soon after they came out from their hiding place.
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So amazing and interesting Alissa! Awesome pictures and video. Thanks for hosting.
ReplyDeleteNice captures heheh!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! You pretty much watched the entire life cycle, and that is just the neatest experience!
ReplyDeleteHow great is that
ReplyDeleteThis transformation is breathtaking!
ReplyDeleteOh wow this is great :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful, I love this exquisite sequence of this wonderful transformation!
ReplyDeletewow it's amazing to see the metamorphosis! so educational for the kids too :)
ReplyDeleteHappy WW! Thanks for hosting.
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That is so neat. My boys would love this!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing that you caught all of this in pics. and videos. Very interesting! Love it.
ReplyDeleteHow awesome for your kiddos to be able to watch the entire life cycle! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteI showed this to my son earlier and came back to show my daughter just now. This is awesome. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! We went to the bug museum today and it was awesome. My son loved it.
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing scientific study for your kids. Now that's a very hungry caterpillar.
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How cool! I love that you captured the entire transformation, A! Love the pics! Isn't nature amazing!
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool Alissa! What a fun science experiment for the kids to watch.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos!
ReplyDeleteSo cool to see the caterpillar's life cycle.
ReplyDeleteExtremely cool...I'm going to show my kids this they would love it!
ReplyDeleteThey are incredibly fascinating and great for little boys to stare at and watch them change.
ReplyDeleteAMAZING! That is so cool that you were able to photograph the different stages.
ReplyDeleteThat was very cool for the boys to see. Pretty cool for me too.
ReplyDeleteFantastic sequence - thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThat is so amazing! :)
ReplyDeleteWow! It is awesome that you guys experienced all of that!
ReplyDeletemy kids would love this, awesome
ReplyDeleteWow! I love that you posted that video. I called my daughter into the room to watch it and she thought it was "so cool"! We had one of those butterfly gardens once, but missed that actual part. Thank you so much for sharing it!! :)
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful
ReplyDeleteThis is seriously one of the coolest WW's I've ever seen. Very neat!
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ReplyDeleteNatashalh said: Wow - really cool! Especially that you got some of it on video.
That was so fun to watch! Love your son's comment of "This will be the mommy one and this will be the daddy one!" Too cute!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I loved watching the video. What a great capture the whole way around. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is super neat the way that you photographed the process so clearly.
ReplyDeleteTHAT IS SO NEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteTHANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING... I AM 33 AND HAVE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE ;)