Well, I am happy to say these residents of the butterfly house sure have a healthy appetite! Thank goodness the pepperweed is in abundance in the yard, as they are eating more and more as they grow in size.

I have found an easier way, and well affordable too, to keep the plants in water, while keeping the caterpillars away from the water. Take a water bottle, cut a hole in the cap and stick the plant through. My plants stay happy and green for a while before having to restock their source of food. I know when that time comes because the caterpillars scatter all over the butterfly house in search of green leaves.

They have been in the butterfly house since the second week of April. Some of them look as if they might be ready for a chrysalis soon.