Gracy Bee

Emergence of a Butterfly

Posted on July 22nd, 2007 by GracyBee.
Categories: Everyday life.

My elder nephew found some caterpillars in his school and decided to keep them as pets.

Well the guys at home was ok with it…but the ladies in the house were not so ok!! We squirmed at the look of the crawling caterpillars. As they get bigger and bigger everyday, we just stare and ‘yark’s in our minds.

There were 3 cocoons formed eventually. Despite my dislike of caterpillars (and most of the crawling ones) I was excited to see as I have never seen butterflies emerging from their cocoons.

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About 2 days ago, my youngest nephew came to tell me when I came back from work that two butterflies have emerged. Aiseh…..I missed that already.

Surprisingly today, we actually saw one emerging from its cocoon!! The children and I were so excited at the sight of it that we all crowd round the container. It was amazing to see the changed form from a ugly caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly.

The new arrival

It was a beautiful butterfly that are getting used to its new life. We managed to get some pictures before we opened the cover.

Moments before it is free on its own

Goodbye~

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