A Dance With the Butterflies
A Dance With the Butterflies
I am thankful that we aren't the only class with most of our larvae dying. We are down to 4. 2 are against the side of the vial. The children are praying. Despite this, it has been fun studying butterflies. They are delightful little creatures. We have had a few visitors, cabbage white butterflies and a couple moths. Yesterday, one student caught a moth and though it had antennas like a butterfly, it definitely had a broad body. It is great to watch the students examining and arriving to insightful conclusions.
Blessings,
Lori-Anne
posted by Miss Harold @ 11:15 AM
1 Comments:
Lori-Anne,
My heart goes out to you and your students. I have been through this before, as well, and it is so difficult.
This year we lost several caterpillars, along with several chrysalides, but we were able to release 25 painted ladies from about 35 original larvae.
Where did you get your larvae?
On a different note - if your student caught a "moth" during the day, and if its antennae were knobbed, it was definitely not a moth, but rather a butterfly. Moths are nocturnal, and to my knowledge, unless disturbed, will not fly during the day.
Fingers crossed for you to have at least a couple of butterflies emerge.
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