The caterpillars have been busy eating and eating and growing and growing.
Here are some pictures the kids have taken. The pictures run from Day 4 up to about Day 12.
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| Eating and eating. |
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| They are growing bigger |
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| Starting to form the J Shape just before they turn into a chrysalis |
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| They've turned into a chrysalis |
Taking them from the vials and putting them into the net on day 12
Resting and waiting for their transformation into butterflies.
This is what's left in the vials. Do you see the left over skin from them shedding?
Taking them from the vials and putting them into the net on day 12
Resting and waiting for their transformation into butterflies.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteWow, wow, wow! We woulde love to have a catapiller that turns into a butterfly in our class. Our new topic is minibeasts so this is very exciting to see. We are going to have a incursion so we can see lots of minibeasts.
from Angela, Sarah and 2kcps