"My dad bought me a butterfly kit for my birthday. When I got it, we had 5 eggs. They turned into caterpillars, then pupas and then they emerged as a butterflies. It took about 3 weeks for each of them to turn into pupas then a week for them to turn into butterflies. When they were caterpillars they were in a box and the food was already in with them. When they turned into pupas we transferred them into the special butterfly habitat. We had to put some banana and apple in with them, score the fruit with a knife and drizzle sugar and water over it. 5 butterflies emerged and I released the other 4 into my garden but this one can't fly. The species of butterfly is the painted lady and we named this one Derek!
"I feel like I'm helping butterflies by adding to the population. I want to go into something to do with nature when I am older, like be part of a club that's supporting nature."
Update: later in the day, Derek found his wings and flew away!
