Winifred Manor is expecting!

We hatched two caterpillars around August 2nd! We have a ton of milkweed in our butterfly garden, but so many birds that ever egg that hatched was than eaten. We managed to get to eggs before they hatched and now have two baby caterpillars! Here is some great information about the butterfly life cycle. I am thinking these caterpillars are part of the 3rd generation this season. Once they turn into butterflies they will lay eggs which will than be the butterflies that will migrate South. Maybe we will find some more eggs!

Here they are a few days after they first hatched, on August 5th (you can click on the pictures to make them bigger):

Look at how tiny they are!! They have grown so big over the past week! Here they are on August 11th.

I am thinking that they will be getting into their J's soon. I hope they do because then I might be able to see them turn into a butterfly. Me and Nick are leaving for vacation on the 21st and might not be able to see them come out of their chrysalis' and get released... hopefully we can get pictures so we don't miss our babies first flight!