A few weeks ago I got some caterpillars. They haven't hatched yet but they will soon. They came in the mail in this plastic container full of food (for the caterpillars). The company we got them from was Insect Lore. When the caterpillars chrysalis they will climb on to the lid of the container first. When they emerge they will be Painted Lady Butterflies, and I will get to raise them for up to a month in a butterfly house. The butterfly above isn't a Painted Lady one.
Did you know...
A caterpillar's cocoon is called a chrysalis.
Butterflies can only see red, green and yellow!
The wings of butterflies are transparent.
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Facts: http://www.milkweedcafe.com/fascfacts.html, http://www.thebutterflysite.com/facts.shtml
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