Butterfly

Late summer we found a caterpillar on some parsley we had cut and brought in, so I put it in a butterfly cage. We later found out that it was a parsley caterpillar. We watched it eat, sleep, and poop for a week or so until it turned into a cocoon. 
It was a cocoon for a few weeks and when I saw it start to change color I set the cage on the table and of course later that day the butterfly came out. The kids got to see it right away, and later that evening the kids let it go.