Lately we have been watching the butterfly life cycle. We started with three caterpillars: Dragon Ka Kragon, Jen and Nemo. Nemo unfortunately never grew and never made a chrysalis. Jen is in her chrysalis right now. Dragon Ka Kragon just left her chrysalis, but we have some problems. Her leg and wing on one side of her body are deformed and she really can't fly. For a period of time we thought she was dead, now it's pretty clear that she is going to be bird bait as soon as she is released.
This has made for some interesting conversations, including genetics, death and predators. My little Carter boy wants to fix it and scoured the backyard for butterfly medicine. He came back with a piece of clover, which we did put into the butterfly garden, but there have not been any miracle fixes as of yet. He has also discussed making a new wing for our butterfly out of paper and tape. It's pretty hard to explain to him that this won't fix the butterfly.
Jen should be leaving her chrysalis any time now, so I'm really hoping we'll get at least one decent butterfly!
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