How to Raise Caterpillars into Butterflies | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Help your children to experience the magic of metamorphosis (and remind yourself how amazing it is too!)

I went to collect my son from school one day and he was determined to show me a book in the library before we left. It was a book containing 600 of the world’s caterpillars. I’m not surprised my son was interested, the variety of colourful insects on the front cover and the knowledge that these somehow turned into beautiful butterflies was intriguing.

I began to read the introduction and a sentence caught my attention, it read, ‘every child should have the opportunity to raise a caterpillar into a butterfly’. I completely agreed. It reminded me of when we visited Jurong Lake Gardens and the children were collecting those black and yellow millipedes you see everywhere and I had to upset my daughter when she wanted to take one home and we couldn’t because we had no idea how to care for it. So I decided to find out more in preparation for bringing home some caterpillar...