[5by5]

My daughter insists on calling them "flutterflies" because she says they OBVIOUSLY have nothing to do with butter.

She raised monarchs with her class but they released them into the wild. Her current kick is to raise and breed praying mantids. We're waiting for the third generation to hatch. Unfortunately mantids only eat live food so we also had to start breeding fruit flies and crickets...

I hate to dampen the enthusiasm of bright children but enough is enough!

[MEG33]

LOL!

[Chanticleer]

We tried raising crickets when my kids had frogs and turtles. It's great when they get loose in the house and serenade you all night long!

[DollyCali]

your post really brought back memories.. I recall as a youngster watching Walt Disney each Sunday night(or was it Saturday?).. and there was a rotation of types of shows.. the nature ones were fun but painful. The natural predator /victim(dinner) was always painful to me. As a biology student in college I was still much too naive as I really DID NOT WANT TO KNOW OF & SEE THIS AWFUL stuff.