They have arrived!

What an exciting morning - not one, but two butterflies and one moth!

By mid morning they were all ready to go out into the garden.

The butterflies spent several hours just sitting in this position before they finally took off. 

I'm looking forward to seeing them fluttering around my yard.

Any minute now…...

Any minute now and we are going to have our first butterfly. Very exciting!

I see a butterfly!

Our chrysalises may not make it to next Tuesday after all. I can see the wings inside 

Chrysalis Number 1 and also a pair of big black eyes.

Our third moth has been released and I noticed that it has a slightly different 

wing shape from the other two moths. 

The Benjis and Bobs continue to eat, but so far it is just the Bobs who are changing into pupas.

Another moth!

Our third moth emerged this morning. He is currently drying his wings and then he will be released later today. We now have 2 moth pupas left plus the pupa with the hard casing - I'm not sure if anything will ever come out of there.

The Benjis are not doing so well. None of them have shown any sign of spinning or changing and many of them have died over the last few days - we may have more luck watching them outside the office when school returns.
The two chrysalises have changed slightly in colour - they are both now a lighter green.

We Have Our Second Chrysalis!

We now have two chrysalises - one that has attached itself to the gladwrap roof and one that has attached itself to a cabbage leaf. Hopefully they will both emerge when school starts back.

Moth Number 2 and Stage 1 Chrysalis

Moth Number 2 emerged this morning and was very keen to try out her new wings and discover a suitable hiding spot in the yard.

 Ready for take off!

Can you see me?!?

Meanwhile in the Greenies container, the bigger of the two caterpillars has attached himself to the gladwrap roof using a very strong silk thread. Currently he still looks like a caterpillar, but I predict big changes over the next few days!

We have our first moth!

There was much excitement today as our first moth has emerged. 

He spent the day drying his wings and he was last seen flying across the front yard.

The Bobs are busy eating and turning into pupas.

The Benjis on the other hand are just eating. 

They don't appear to have changed in size and none of them have shown any desire to change their appearance at all!

The Greenies have celebrated the return of the cabbage by eating non stop. They are huge!

It won't be long before these two change into a chrysalis.