A chrysalis is the real name for a butterfly cocoon (we recently learned from several butterfly books we checked out at the library). A few weeks ago Charlotte found a big spiky black caterpillar in our yard. We kept him in her bug house and the next morning he'd built a chrysalis. The one in the picture here is a new caterpillar-who also built a chrysalis-we can't wait to see what kind of butterfly he becomes. I'd love to show the cocoon-but they are hard to photograph inside the bug house.
Here are the girls heading out for a bug hunting adventure in their official bug hunting hats. 
Charlotte is so cute running down the trail waving her net. We call this the butterfly trail; there are all sorts-orange ones, blue ones, black, white and yellow.
Goin on for the catch-she actually gets one every now and then.
Here's the one that "hatched" out of it's chrysalis a few weeks ago. We let him out and he flew and landed on Scott's arm briefly, then he took off into the wide wide world.
We'll keep you posted on our new caterpillar.
2 comments:
what a fun summer activity. I also love how your girls are always tatted up, better watch out they'll want real ones someday.
Looks like a super fun adventure. I like how your family enjoys the outdoors.
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