Butterfly business

We've been watching our Painted Ladies do their business since the box of larvae arrived during my first retreat on the 13th and 14th. They were pretty big by the time we opened the box-- I neglected to mention that they were coming and they were addressed to me!! Fortunately they weathered the wait and we've been talking to them, drawing them, journaling about them, and overall enjoying them ever since. Thank you Grandma and Toot Toot!

The first one hatched quietly yesterday, but was discovered with much fanfare. Our neighbor Sydney got in on the care and feeding of our newest little cosmopolitan insect.