One late summer day the boys and I went to Mountain View Park for a monarch caterpillar search mission. Honestly, the boys weren't into the search at all, but they did seem slightly interested in the baby caterpillar I found. We brought him (?) home and I fed him milkweed leaves. I worried that he'd run out of fresh leaves, so I took him with us on our beach trip. I named him Edward. The day we drove home from the beach he turned into a chrysalis. It happened right next to me, but I missed it because I didn't think to look. Bummer! 2 weeks later, though, we watched the chrysalis change color and then, just a bit later, we saw Edward's new state- a beautiful butterfly. Such a cool process to watch! Here are pictures of his release back into the wild.
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