raising butterflies Archives - Mama.Papa.Bubba. https://mamapapabubba.com/tag/raising-butterflies/ Thu, 01 May 2014 21:24:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 56460141 Gracen Raises Butterflies: Caterpillars to Chrysalises https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/15/gracen-raises-butterflies-caterpillars-to-chrysalises/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/15/gracen-raises-butterflies-caterpillars-to-chrysalises/#respond Wed, 15 May 2013 17:53:53 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12118 Day 7:  It’s official.  All of our fuzzy little caterpillars have successfully built chrysalises and are hanging from their container lids waiting for the big transformation to occur. Though it’ll still be several days until they start emerging as butterflies, this morning we moved our little table and hanging structure directly under our homemade butterfly… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/15/gracen-raises-butterflies-caterpillars-to-chrysalises/feed/ 0 12118 Gracen Raises Butterflies: The Caterpillar Transfer https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/09/gracen-raises-butterflies-the-caterpillar-transfer/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/09/gracen-raises-butterflies-the-caterpillar-transfer/#respond Thu, 09 May 2013 21:51:46 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=12012 After receiving our fuzzy little friends yesterday afternoon, Miss G and I were excited to get them settled into their new homes.  Now while this particular kit said that we could leave the caterpillars right in the shipping container to build their chrysalises, I’ve always transferred them into smaller containers in the past, so I… Read More

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]]> https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/09/gracen-raises-butterflies-the-caterpillar-transfer/feed/ 0 12012 Gracen Raises Butterflies: They’re Here! https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/08/project-butterfly/ https://mamapapabubba.com/2013/05/08/project-butterfly/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 06:55:35 +0000 https://mamapapabubba.com/?p=11965 When I saw that the awesome teachers’ store in our hometown, Vernon Teach & Learn, was selling butterfly larvae, I jumped on the opportunity and immediately put an order through by phone.  Now while I’m well aware that some people may think raising butterflies in your home is a tad on the crazy side, I… Read More

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