Mark your progress as a butterfly by stamping your Garden Card at 8 Lifecycle Stations: egg, larva, food, friends and defenses, chrysalis, nectar, finding a mate, and lay eggs/host plant.

Grab some friends and learn to crawl like a caterpillar. Slip your feet into a set of pro legs or true legs and see if you can sprint for the finish line. Moving back to front simulates ‘recti-linear locomotion’ – no wonder it takes a caterpillar so long to get anywhere!

Caterpillars are picky eaters! Toss their favorite ‘lunch bags’ into the mouths of different caterpillars.

As a defense against hungry caterpillars, the ‘velcro passion flower’ developed tiny hooked hairs (tri-chomes) sharp enough to keep them safe from caterpillars. Walk through this tactile display and try not to get trapped!

Carpenter ants in Panama defend metal mark caterpillars from parasitic wasps and other predators. Play out this unique relationship in a foosball match with a striker wasp aiming shots at the metal mark with the goal of ringing the bell. Try your turn as the attacking wasp or as the side of ant friends on defense.

Recreate one of the most magical transformations of the animal world, as your successful caterpillar journey comes to an end. Climb into a chrysalis,experience metamorphosis, and emerge as a butterfly. Capture the moment in the Pupa Pod photo opportunity.

Delve through the stages of metamorphosis and realize all that takes place in this dramatic transformation from caterpillar to butterfly.

You’ve just emerged from your chrysalis,and it’s time to fly. Grab a friend and together crank the wheels, get the blood flowing and flap your wide wonderful wings high in the sky.