The children are waiting anxiously for our classroom butterflies to go through their
life stages, from egg. to caterpillar or larva, then forming a chrysalis during the pupa stage and finally to the last stage where the chrysalis opens revealing a beautiful adult butterfly. We are excited to see our caterpillars go through such an amazing transformation, click on the link below to see a video demonstrating a Monarch butterfly going through
complete metamorphosis.
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| We wonder how long it will take for our caterpillars to go through complete metamorphosis? |
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| The caterpillars have begun to change ...forming the letter "J" and a few have begun to form a chrysalis. |
I learned that Butterfly wings are made from small scales.
ReplyDeleteI also learned that the male Praying Mantis likes to take piggy back rides on the female because they are smaller
-Catherine