On the 21st of May we began our project on observing butterflies from the larval stage to adult butterfly stage. The larvae were in small containers with air holes on the lid. One centimetre of food was placed at the bottom of the container. We got a butterfly each and gave them a   name. Some of the names were amusing such as ‘Homer’ and  ‘Cater Pee’.

The larvae grew rapidly and developed into caterpillars. Eventually they attached themselves to the lids and formed a cocoon . At this stage they are referred to as chrysalides. On the 6th of June we moved them into the butterfly hatching house. This had special windows that enabled us to observe them. It was fun watching the butterflies hatch.

We released them into the wild on June the 19th.The butterflies liked the butterfly patch we planted ,full of bright sweet smelling flowers. We hope some butterflies will return to our butterfly patch this year.