Fly Away!

On Tuesday all five of our butterflies emerged from their chrysalis.  Even though this is probably my 4th time raising butterflies, it never gets old.  I am still so amazed at the whole process.  They emerge from the chrysalis quickly and I was lucky to witness one of them coming out this time. 

I told Owen that once they come out, their wings are all folded up and they only have about 20 minutes to pump blood into their wings and get them straightened out before they dry. 

Unfortunately, Adam hit the butterfly house about a week ago and one of the chrysalises fell.  The butterfly that came out wasn't able to fully unfold its wings, so it had a difficult time flying. 

Fly, fly away!