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DO you put them in a room? A box? Or do you just let the caterpillers crawl
all over your house? We have TONS of catterpillers at my home in the
poconos... to the point it's just gross! lol I think they'll be moths and
not butterflies though...

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Joanie

"You're stronger than you seem, smarter than you think, and braver than you
believe."
~Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh



"Tina Trimble" <ttrim@ptd.net> wrote in message
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> You have to plant the plant to attract the butterflies to lay eggs. Each
> species of butterfly lays eggs only on certain plants such as..... Dill,
> Parsley, carrot - Black Swallowtail Butterfly. Milkweed - Monarch,
> Spicebush, Spicebush butterfly, etc..
> I usually plant the carrots and the dill and ALWAYS get eggs and
> caterpillars on my dill and carrots. We cut the stem of the plant where
the
> caterpillar or egg is on and bring it in and put it in a vase. When it
> hatches we just keep replenishing the dill as it is eaten.
> When the caterpillar gets big and FAT, it leaves the plant and forms it's
> chrysalis. In about 10 days you have a butterfly.
> Right now I have 4 chrysalis's. I have caterpillars on my dill and will
be
> bringing them in soon.
> Any other questions, feel free to email me. ttrim@ptd.net
> Tina in PA
>
> "*Debbie*" <redruby@bigpong.com.za> wrote in message
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> > Hi Tina. How do you take care of the caterpillars to watch them turn
> into
> > butterflies? I would love to do this with the children.
> >
> > Debbie.
> >
> > "Tina Trimble" <ttrim@ptd.net> wrote in message
> > news:WRiIa.329$lD5.33633@nnrp1.ptd.net...
> > > Hi Colleen,
> > > I garden with my daycare children and some of the plants we plant also
> > > attract the caterpillars that become butterflies. We also get an
extra
> > > blessing because we bring the caterpillars in and watch the process of
> > them
> > > becoming butterflies. It's AWESOME!
> > > Tina from PA
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Do any of you ever garden with your preschoolers?
> > > > I've always done a tomato garden, sunflowers, and planted parsley
(for
> > > > DC guinea pig pal).
> > > > This year I want to do a herb garden for myself, and thought I'd
> involve
> > > > my little people. I'm just trying to decide what to plant that would
> > > > also interest their senses. Any suggestions?
> > > >
> > > > Colleen-
> > > >
> > > > ps...
> > > > Leslie, how are the ear drums? *L*
> > > >
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