We had something new happen to our butterflies. One fell while emerging. When Momma came up to check on them, she saw her and put her back on her chrysalis. Her wings were still wet. She looked way different from the other ones. She finished plumping out her wings, but she is still deformed. See the picture of her on the right. We are going to keep her until she dies ’cause she can’t fly outside. She can fly inside like a flutter.
We also had two butterflies die in one night and we don’t have any idea why. Mark wonders if they would have survived in the wild. I don’t think they would have made it to Mexico.
Caterpillars collected this year: 70
Total Emerged Butterflies: 53
Running total:
Lost: 11, two after forming chrysalis, four butterfly just before emerging, five caterpillars and two moldy eggs.
Butterflies Released: 50
Butterflies Pinned: 2, not sure why, but two died in the big cage. So Daddy taught us how to pin them.
Deformed Butterflies: 1
Soon to be Released: 0
Chrysalises: 6
Caterpillars: 0
Eggs: 0
