Remember the ladybug house we had, with 9 little ladybug larvae? About a week ago, they all obediently turned into little pupas. Then, one by one, they all crawled out of their pupa shells (we got to see a couple of them do this…it was so cute how they wiggled their little bottoms out!). We kept them in the ladybug house a couple of days, and they feasted on a few raisin halves. Yesterday morning, we let them go. After each one crawled out, we placed them on our yellow lantana plants, right outside our front door. Of course, I snapped tons of pictures! Here are a few…
Come on little girls, time to go! (see the 3 at the bottom?)
Marley introduces them to their new home
Hang on!!
The ladybug house instructions said that if we release them in the morning (which we did), our ladybugs should stay close to where they were released. So, we hope to see them again!
May 10th, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Cute little ladybugs! They look pink instead of red, with black dots. (Or is that how baby ladybugs look?)
Granma
May 15th, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I love the ladybugs! Sounds like such a fun little project to do with your kids!
Pam
May 16th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
I finally logged in! I have been following along for a while, and not commented.
I love the ladybug farm. What a fun project!