April photos
Bye bye, butterflies! It was time to release the butterflies today: they didn't want to leave us at first, but eventually flew away!
A great shot of the beautiful wings
Food for the butterflies: some slices of orange and sugar and water solution on a tissue.
Butterfly update! This morning we found that three butterflies have hatched. Apologies that photos aren’t great, but you’ll see them properly on Monday!
Caterpillar update! Only seven caterpillars have made it to the pupation stage. The chrysalides have now been placed into the butterfly net, and will hatch into butterflies in 7-14 days. If I possibly can, I’ll keep them in the net until we’re all back at school so that we can release them together. Keep checking back here for photos!
Caterpillar update! Our caterpillars are enjoying their Easter holidays at Mrs Marks’ house, and have now started pupating. The first picture shows the size they were when we got them, the second picture shows how they look now. I’ll keep you posted!

