Category: Nature Study

Last fall, Austin found a great caterpillar & brought it in the house to observe.  Within a week, he looked like this.

We had given up hope that this little guy was going to make it, but kept the jar on the shelf because it still looked really cool.  Well, after at least 9 months, he (or she maybe) finally emerged!  I put my finger into the jar and the butterfly crawled right up and stayed there until I nudged him into our little garden.

This was either a Black Swallowtail or an Ozark Swallowtail. 
Either way, what a beautiful little miracle he  was! 
We did some research and found that these little guys will overwinter. 
So neat!