Caterpillars and Butterflies

This spring Beatrice and I raised 12 caterpillars and watched them turn into butterflies.

The caterpillars arrive:

 

Beatrice talks to the caterpillars.

About two weeks later, the caterpillars are all grown up and ready to transform:

  

 

The caterpillars hang upside and form a chrysalis.

About a week later, the butterflies emerge. 

Feeding the butterflies:

 Releasing the butterflies into the wild:

As the last butterfly flew away, B said, "I'm really going to miss that little guy."