WOW and duh!!!!

**crazybones** · 03-07-2008, 08:33 AM

One of our butterflies has just come out of the chrysalis in front of our very eyes. Absolutely fascinating. This is the first time we have seen them emerge - usually just notice one has appeared. The children loved it and had magnifying glasses and stared and stared. Stupid me was that busy getting the magnifying glasses and shrieking with excitement I forgot the camera and so only got a pic after it came out

**angeldelight** · 03-07-2008, 08:34 AM

Omg I can not believe that you are sitting there looking at them

You have now given me the shivers for the rest of the day - thanks Annie

Angel xx

**Pedagog** · 03-07-2008, 08:47 AM

Always exciting to new animals born/hatch/emerge, we have an incubator and I love watching eggs hatch.

**Tatia** · 03-07-2008, 08:49 AM

Annie, that sounds amazing! You've just reminded me that I meant to order one last time you mentioned it.

**sarah707** · 03-07-2008, 08:56 AM

Sounds like something I'd do too!

**SimplyLucy** · 03-07-2008, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Tatia

Annie, that sounds amazing! You've just reminded me that I meant to order one last time you mentioned it.

Order one?

Can you order them????? I need to know, my children would love that.

**Tatia** · 03-07-2008, 09:30 AM

Search Amazon or Google for "butterfly house" and see what ya get!

**Tatia** · 03-07-2008, 09:31 AM

Oops, I lie. A butterfly house is something else.

Annie, what's it called again?

**Tatia** · 03-07-2008, 09:32 AM

Hehe, found it. Butterfly habitat did the trick.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brainstorm-W...5077528&sr=8-4

**Tatia** · 03-07-2008, 09:33 AM

I'm gonna name my first butterfly to emerge "Angel", in honour of!

**angeldelight** · 03-07-2008, 09:40 AM

Oh thats not nice Tatia haha

Angel xx

LOOPYLISA · 03-07-2008, 09:49 AM

Originally Posted by Tatia

Hehe, found it. Butterfly habitat did the trick.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brainstorm-W...5077528&sr=8-4

yippeeeeeeeeee ive just ordered !!!!!!!!!

**SimplyLucy** · 03-07-2008, 09:52 AM

Can you just order the catapillars/pupa anywhere as I already have a mesh box thingy from when we had stick insects!

**SimplyLucy** · 03-07-2008, 09:57 AM

Just answered my own request!

Might put some in the empty vavarium now the tortoises are outside for the summer.

**SimplyLucy** · 03-07-2008, 09:57 AM

whoooooops forgot the link!

http://www.lba.uk.com/LIVESTOCK-EGGS...AE_B21I3P.aspx

**Pedagog** · 03-07-2008, 09:58 AM

I may have to get one,

**SimplyLucy** · 03-07-2008, 10:24 AM

OMG you have turned me into a catapillar hunting freak!

I've just been out in the garden hunting for them.........the only mindee I have this morning is alseep! I must have looked a right nutter looking under all the leaves on my own.

Well I found 1..........yes only 1.

It's so tiny I can hardly see it. It was on my runner beans but judging by the munched leaves there must be many more that have gone into hiding!

I have placed my 1 and only lonely catapillar into my net cage with a runner bean leaf then hidden the cage. There is no way the children can see it, they'll think I've just put a leaf in there! My own son has poor vision so he'll just get cross if he can't see it. When he's bigger I'll share my find.

**miffy** · 03-07-2008, 10:26 AM

Shame you missed it Annie - have you let any of them go yet? I'm curious to know how long they live, I didn't think it was long.

Can't fancy getting one myself though

miffy xx

**crazybones** · 03-07-2008, 10:45 AM

It says to let them go after a few days. Last year only 3 of the 5 caterpillars became butterflies and 1 was "born" with deformed wings so we knew it wouldnt fly away. Ciaran called him "Dead". We still have a pic on the playroom wall of "Dead"

The other two were called Fred and Ted.

This year we have 5 chrysalis' and 2 have turned into butterflies so far. We have filled the habitat with flowers, twigs and leaves and have to squirt a water/sugar solution onto the flowers and then you watch the probiscus (Big word for me

) come out and they feed. It is fascinating.