Lewis has always been fascinated by bugs. He will observe bugs for a long time, in fact I think that’s what he does most of the time when he disappears into the backyard for hours. He will turn over anything with the hope that it’s the perfect place to find creepy crawlers. He went through a long phase of worm hunting. Lewis was three and I was pregnant with Elias. I’ll never forget sitting on the bench at the school while the big boys played in puddles right after a rainstorm, and Lewis brought me a giant wad of worms all stuffed into one of his small hands…15 to be exact.
We gave Lewis a butterfly growing kit for Christmas but had to wait for it to be warm enough to release the butterflies after growing them. He has three caterpillars in cocoons and we will receive two more caterpillars soon!
The caterpillars create webbing for protection from wind and predators. It has to be removed so their wings don’t get stuck in it when they emerge. Not sure how that works in the wild.
So now we wait for Lewis’ dream to come true.
We also found a baby praying mantis the other day! He was *tiny* and SO fast. The butterfly company also sells praying mantis egg sacks, so we will probably order that in the fall for Lewis’ birthday.
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