Vergas 8-year-old raises and releases over 200 monarch butterflies this summer
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By Kevin Wallevand | InForum
A rural Vergas, Minnesota, boy has the best summer story ever, ahead of returning back to school in Perham.
The second grader has spent several weeks raising and releasing monarch butterflies. Eight-year-old Jaxon Schrupp is quite the connoisseur of the chrysalis.
"The fat ones are in these three pens, this one is bigger because I got it for my birthday," Jaxson said, standing next to boxes full of caterpillars and milkweed.
At his family's deep woods home near Vergas, Jaxson showed his intense summer project, growing and caring for the butterflies.
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"We have caterpillars in here that are fat because they eat a lot," Jaxson said.
Special caterpillar and butterfly boxes are from his grandma and grandpa.
"We bought these for the medium-size caterpillars and you can't touch them," he said.
They are full of milkweed and soon to be beauties.
"I have no idea how many, a lot," Jaxson said about a wooden box full of chrysalis pupas hanging from the top.
From egg, to baby caterpillars, to the hatch and release, Jaxson has raised 213 this summer.
"We have caterpillars in here that are fat because they eat a lot," Jaxson said.
Special caterpillar and butterfly boxes are from his grandma and grandpa.
"We bought these for the medium-size caterpillars and you can't touch them," he said.
They are full of milkweed and soon to be beauties.
"I have no idea how many, a lot," Jaxson said about a wooden box full of chrysalis pupas hanging from the top.
From egg, to baby caterpillars, to the hatch and release, Jaxson has raised 213 this summer.