Tuesday, October 11, 2016

The Magic of the Monarch Butterfly
     We have been studying the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. We have been lucky enough to have watched two caterpillars go through metamorphosis. 
 This is Marco. He was our first caterpillar. Another name for caterpillar is larvae. He is on a milkweed leaf. He eats a lot!

 This little larvae came in on a milkweed leaf that was gathered to feed Marco. His name is Polo!

 This is Marco's chrysalis. Another name for chrysalis is pupae.
Monarch butterflies spend two weeks as a pupae.

 Wow! This was amazing! We observed Polo coming out of his chrysalis!
 You can see Polo's big abdomen and crumpled up wings. He will pump the fluid in his abdomen into his wings.

 We used a magnifying glass to study Polo the butterfly.
We watched his wings get bigger and bigger.





 When he was flapping his wings we took him outside and let him go.

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