Painted Lady

I found a steal-of-a-deal on a little butterfly pavilion. So we sent in for our cup of larvae......(doesn't that seem bizarre, a cup of larvae?) to house some fluttery friends in our pavilion.

Only one of the little larvae (out of 5) survived but became GInormous in no time.

Before we knew it, our little friend was hanging upside down ready for her next phase in life.


We kept watching, and watching to see the cocoon transformation occur. Days went by......

All of the sudden BAM!

Our little friend was suddenly in her cocoon!


We again, kept watching and watching..............Days went by....

And again, BAM!

She was suddenly a butterfly!



It was amazing how when it was time for a change, it was instant!

Then it came time to bid our farewell to our new fluttery friend.

At first, our Painted Lady wasn't sure how to get out of her pavilion.

She eventually figured it out and flew into our tree and into her new world.

We loved our science fun and learned some interesting things about our Painted Lady.

Did you know?

*Painted Ladies have 10,000 eyes

*They only live 2-4 weeks, yet can travel as far as 1,000 miles

*They can lay up to 500 eggs (whoa Nelly!)

Such an amazing process to watch! A caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly! We'll send for new friends in the spring in hopes for even more Painted Ladies to transform!