We have had so much fun watching the transformation of our caterpillars into butterflies.  Here’s the report!

They arrived two weeks ago in this nifty jar complete with food and air holes.  We watched them grow from about 2 cm long to about 2 inches long in one week’s time.

Then they attached themselves to the top of the cup.  For about a day we watched as each one wound itself into a chrysalis  (chrysalides in plural form for those who are not as well educated as my children are now-wink).  They were fast little buggers.  We’d look at one and he was a caterpillar, then we’d walk to the sink to get a drink and by the time we came back, he was a chrysalis! 
We transferred the chrysalides to the net butterfly habitat and waited for one more week.  One morning I happened to glance at them and one had just popped out of his cocoon.   
His wings were all crumpled up for about five minutes.
We missed the first four change because, again, they were so fast!  But Alli was visiting and saw the last one start to change and we got it on film!!!