May 8, 2013
One day while we were coming home from school, we had to go into Paul David's classroom to get something he had left, and he showed me the Monarch Caterpillar they had. It was on a Milkweed Plant, and Ms Reagan told me that you can buy Milkweed plants at the local hardware store with Monarch caterpillars ON THEM...for like $2.00. So that afternoon, we picked up Judson and headed to buy us some Milkweed Plants!!!
We got 2 plants, and we had 3 caterpillars, but I didn't realize that they'd fall to their death...so next time, I'll put them where they'll fall onto dirt or a towel or something!
ANYWAY, we had one caterpillar that made himself into a chrysalis and lo and behold...a
MONARCH BUTTERFLY:
We planted the Milkweed Plants in a planter outside, and we've seen several butterflies flying around it...and now they're blooming these pretty red and yellow flowers! Best $4.00 ever!!!! We're hoping that we find some new Monarch Caterpillars in the Spring on our plants!
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