Butterfly Wings!

The kids had much fun watching the creepy crawlie caterpillars morph into pupas. But sadly only 1 butterfly made it. One died in its cocoon, and the other was blown down by the wind. The last emerged but couldn't hang on to its cocoon to dry its wings and as a result couldn't become a proper butterfly. But it was so interesting to watch all the same.

This is a picture of one still a caterpillar and the other one that is hanging just turned into a pupa and spinning a cocoon.

Here is a picture of the butterfly as it emerged from the cocoon and it left behind red liquid as it dried its wings. Jedi was fortunate to have caught this part as he was at home in the morning.

The butterfly was ready to fly by early afternoon and the girls had the chance to say goodbye to it as we released it to the nearby park.

 And this was all that was left of our beautiful friend....

This whole experience was a wonderful opportunity to tell the kids about how marvellous God's creation is. How something so ugly (to me as I hate bugs) can turn into something so beautiful. Most of all, I reminded them that He makes all things beautiful in His time. It was only when the butterfly was ready that it could emerge and become what the Lord meant it to be. Indeed, he makes all things beautiful in His time!