butterfly Release

Sadly, we had only three butterflies emerge this year.  Here we are releasing them.

Butterflies!

Our Painted Lady butterflies all hatched on June 7th.  These are such beautiful butterflies.  The underside of their wings helps camouflage them on the sticks. Their open wings are a vibrant orange.

Today we released them!  Such a fun experience.  Many students had the chance to hold a butterfly before it took off.

Butterfly Release

Today when we arrived at school all but two butterflies had emerged.  We took the aquariums outside to release them.  About 20 of the butterflies quickly flew out on their own.  After that, we gently, one at a time, reached in to see if the butterflies would climb on to our hands...and they did!  So cool!

Here's a little video clip of the first butterflies flying out.

They are all crowded down in the left-hand corner.  There are about 20 in each aquarium.

I still had my "fancy" supervision vest on, I was attracting butterflies with the bright colour! :)