Please check back frequently to our blog to see our latest updates on our observations of the caterpillars’ growth, appearance, and any major updates regarding the life cycle of a butterfly! We cannot wait to see them grow into beautiful butterflies!
April 6 - We named our caterpillars this morning! Their names are: Zach, Sparkles, Fuzzy, Shaggy, and Jewel!
Observations:
- I see caterpillars. (Camryn)
- I saw one caterpillar that was kind of curled. (Siena)
- It looks like they are trying to crawl to the top (Cody)
- They are spiky. (Ava)
- I saw one eating that brown stuff. (Waylon)
- Dylan measured the caterpillars and they are 2 cm long.
April 8 - These caterpillars are growing fast! Ava helped me measure them --- 3 cm! They have grown a full centimeter in two days!
Observations:
- They are bigger! (Kali)
- They are getting more spiky. (Carson)
- Emily noticed that they appear to be shedding.
April 11 - We had a great weekend and it looks like the caterpillars did too! We cannot believe what we saw this morning when we came into class!!!
Observations:
- They got A LOT bigger (Auden)
- They are almost to the top! (Kate)
- They are getting longer (Macy)
- They are getting a little bit of white fur on them (Patrick). Looks like a stripe.
- They are moving! (Abigail)
April 12 - Noah measured and the caterpillars are now 4 cm long!
Observations:
April 13 - You can’t believe what we saw this morning!
- They are almost at the top! (Avery)
- They are climbing and trying to make a J. (Kaleigh)
- They look spikier (Madylan)
- Looks like a web in there. (Dean)
- They are bigger! (Jason)
April 13 - You can’t believe what we saw this morning!
Observations:
- I think they are going to be in chrysalis tomorrow! (Julia)
- It looks like a spider web (Kaleigh)
- They look like a J right now (Eddie)
- I saw one moving (Noah)
April 15 - Wow! What a week! We didn’t have time to write down observations, but look at our caterpillars! They are in chrysalis now! It is soooo amazing how the caterpillars knew to go hang from the top of the cup and we could see them shaking around which seems to help them transition into chrysalis. When I transported the chrysalises out of the cup and into the butterfly net, some of them were shaking around! So cool and yet quite creepy!
April 18 - Still in chrysalis
Observations:
- It looks like they are starting to make their way out of their chrysalis (Ava)
- One part of the caterpillar’s body is not in the chrysalis! He must have shed that part (Auden)
- Their chrysalis is spiky (Noah)
- They are almost starting to turn into a butterfly (Cody)
- They are grey and brown (Dean)
Observations:
- Their spikes are getting tinier (Jason)
- They look a little harder. They were furry looking before. (Eddie)
- I saw one that had orange dots on it (Siena)
Observations:
- The spikes are getting smaller (Noah)
- I think they will be butterflies tomorrow! (Avery)
- You can almost see their wings (Patrick)
April 21- Chrysalis Day 7...
Observations:
- It looks like they are hatching a little bit. (Cody)
- Jason noticed the shed parts of the caterpillars that are not in the chrysalis.
- Macy noticed that the butterflies inside of the chrysalis seem to be turning orange.
- Ava noticed that the chrysalis is even less spiky than yesterday.
Observations:
- Kali saw gold little spots that look like horns!
- Patrick says they look like spikes.
- Dylan saw one of them move.... it might have been the table moving... we don’t know! :/
Observations:
- One of the butterflies was flying! (Waylon)
- All 5 butterflies popped out! (Ava)
- The chrysalis looks like it was clear because the butterflies were making it dark (Madylan)
- I saw food in the net (orange and water) (Avery)
- There was a rose inside for the butterflies to drink the nectar (Cody)
Observations:
- They are monarch butterflies (Camryn)
- I see orange on their wings (Abigail)
- Eddie saw some white on one of the butterflies.
- The butterflies are hard to see. Patrick couldn’t find the fifth butterfly... But there’s five in there!
- There is some sugar on the orange (Macy)
Observations:
- They aren’t moving very much (Siena)
- One of them was opening and closing their wings (Cody)
- One of them was drinking water (Dylan)
- There are two roses in the butterfly net (Kaleigh)
- One was standing on the side of the net (Eddie)
Observations:
- One of them are in the water (Dylan)
- There is barely any water (Avery)
- When I looked in the butterfly net, one of the butterflies was flying in circles (Patrick)
- One of the butterflies was drinking water (Ava)
- One of them has their wings closed and it looks like a flower closing its pedals (Kali)
- When one of their wings were open, I saw a little bit of blue (Eddie)
Beautiful wings!
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