Sunday, March 30, 2008

O' Henry

Have you ever raised a butterfly? When Chris and I went to Kona to search out butterflies for his biology class bug collection, he collected a bunch of monarch butterfly caterpillars. We took them home along with a bunch of crown flowers and leaves. Apparently, these little buggers are pickier about what they eat than I am. About 3-4 days after watching these little guys chomp their way through the leaves, one made a chrysalis. After a week and a half of waiting for it to emerge, it finally did. Introducing O'Henry!
After drying out his wings, he sat on a flower and began just flapping his wings...he went from flower to flower and finally just flew away. Oh the life of a butterfly.

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