We find them from eggs on milkweed for monarchs, mainly spicebush for swallowtails. They're kept in special containers where they hatch, eat, and grow, eventually making chrysalis' and hatching into butterflies! Taking care of them is relatively easy, you just need an area where predators will not harm them and enough food for them to eat and grow!
Yep, once hatched fully and developed, they take a few hours to dry off, and then they're released into the wild!
The chrysalis' actually make really cool gifts for friends and family, as long as they're taken care of.
I'm trying to make a big post about them, but so far writing it has been a challenge, hahaha :)
Thats very cool. I may have to try that once.