Last year I raised some Eastern Black Swallowtails.  I learned that they overwinter, which means that they will live in their chrysalises until the spring. So we put them in the garage to stay safe.
We brought the chrysalises in the house in early April. We got two wasps and I was sad! Then this morning, my little sister came downstairs to wake me up. She told me I had a butterfly. I asked her “are you sure it is a butterfly” and she said “hu hu”. She took me upstairs and showed it to me.
I will need to let him go tomorrow. I know he eats honey water, but I don’t know what he eats in the wild. He will do better outside, than in the house, and we will be gone all weekend.
We have two more chrysalises that we are waiting for. I hope that they are butterflies too!