THE BUTTERFLIES ARE COMING!!

THE BUTTERFLIES ARE COMING!!

With the onset of our Life Science Unit comes the timely arrival of our butterfly larvae. We welcomed 5 larvae on April 14. Since that time we have been keeping a daily classroom journal of the changes that we have been observing. It took the larvae about three days to begin forming their chrysalids. The last larvae had finally entered the pupal stage on Thursday. At that time we transferred the chrysalids to the butterfly house. We are now anxiously awaiting the final stage of metamorphosis - THE PAINTED-LADY BUTTERFLY!!

Please be sure to ask your child about the observations we have made in class - such as "What is frass??"

Happy Spring Everyone!