Butterflies Galore

The first one, Harry Flutter, popped out on Tuesday afternoon.  He was joined yesterday by five more.  This afternoon the students counted seventeen!!  At the end of the day today, our one lonely (lazy) caterpillar, Bob was wandering on the roof of our cage.  We are hoping by tomorrow that he will be encased in his chrysalis.  Fingers crossed!!

The Metamorphosis Process

We read, and created our own booklets of, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”.

Bob, the caterpillar, is now being called “The Very Lazy Caterpillar” as he is still not in his chrysalis form.

The students have come up with some great names for some of the ‘critters’: Lord Catermort , for the chrysalis that fell and died.

Sirius Silk, for the first caterpillar who formed its chrysalis … and Harry Flutter, for the first butterfly to come out today. 

All names clearly show how much the students have been enjoying our Harry Potter read aloud times. 

Butterfly Larvae

We got a delivery of larvae last Thursday!  They are currently safely ensconced in their own food containers, for the time being.  We will be transferring them to a larger home, very soon, which is prepped with branches for them to wander along and, hopefully, use to hang from when they are ready to form their chrysalises.

We will be learning about the life cycle of the butterfly, and the changes they go through – metamorphosis.