We watched them nibbling the swan plant leaves that they were crawling on.
By the end of the day we had two more chrysalises.
Now we are counting the days until the butterflies emerge.
Thanks Alex for sharing your caterpillars with us.
Sunday 10 November 2019
Monarch Caterpillars
We were very lucky last week because Alex and his father brought three caterpillars to school for us.
We watched them nibbling the swan plant leaves that they were crawling on.
Then one of them started hanging upside down. It was getting ready to turn into a chrysalis.
When we came back to school the next morning we saw that it was a beautiful chrysalis.
Then the other two caterpillars started hanging upside down as well.
We watched them really carefully, hoping to see them change into a chrysalis. However, they both changed when we weren't looking.
By the end of the day we had two more chrysalises.
Now we are counting the days until the butterflies emerge.
Thanks Alex for sharing your caterpillars with us.
We watched them nibbling the swan plant leaves that they were crawling on.
By the end of the day we had two more chrysalises.
Now we are counting the days until the butterflies emerge.
Thanks Alex for sharing your caterpillars with us.
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I love monarch butterflies. You all must be very excited. let me know when they hatch! Maybe you could write about it or do some art.
ReplyDeleteI was amazed at how quickly they could change from a caterpillar into a chrysalis! How amazing! The caterpillars must have been shy, that must be why they waited until you were not looking!
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