And the mothering saga continues..... 
Our babies are hatching!! Some of them have decided to come early! We weren't expecting them for another 4 - 5 days or so... and so far there are eleven hatched and slowly trying out their wings... only another 64 to go!
Our babies are hatching!! Some of them have decided to come early! We weren't expecting them for another 4 - 5 days or so... and so far there are eleven hatched and slowly trying out their wings... only another 64 to go!
I snipped some lilac branches and sprinkled them with sugar water, and added sliced apples ... a feast fit for newborn flutter-ers!
These are "Painted Lady Butterflies". The red stuff that comes out of the butterflies is NOT blood... it looks like blood, kinda gross... but it's called Meconium and is a red fluid that butterflies and moths eject after they leave the chrysalis, a metabolic waste product from the pupal stage.
Here's a short video of my 11 newborns so far... only 64 more births to go! *lol* And then to keep them alive, well fed and growing until Pentecost Sunday, May 27th!
MORE UPDATES TO COME LATER.........
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