Caterpillars to Butterflies - Watch Them Grow!

Every year I purchase cups of caterpillars from Insect Lore for my classroom so my kids can learn all about them and watch them grow and change into butterflies! I didn't want distance learning to cancel the tradition so I purchased them anyway and have been posting video updates for my kiddos. Check back for updates to watch them grow :)

Caterpillars Day 1 

April 19, 2020
What is the spider web stuff in the cup?
What is all that brown stuff at the bottom?
Find out...

Caterpillars Day 4

April 21, 2020
What are the fuzzy black balls inside the cup?
What are the brown balls all over?
Find out...

Caterpillars Day 6

April 23, 2020

Caterpillars Day 9

April 26, 2020
Two caterpillars are in the J shape. Which is the short stage between caterpillar-chrysalis (larva-pupa). They will be forming their chrysalis In just a few days.

Caterpillars Day 10
April 27, 2020
They have shed their last exoskeleton and will spend the next 7-10 days liquefying their body inside their chrysalis to transform into a butterfly.

Caterpillars Day 13

April 30, 2020
You can now see the butterfly wings forming inside each chrysalis.

Caterpillars Day 18

May 5, 2020

Two butterflies have emerged!
What's the red liquid?
What do butterflies eat?
Find out it in the video :)

Butterflies Day 21

May 8, 2020

Today I released our class butterflies!

Goodbye Butterflies!

A good close up of a butterfly proboscis!

The empty Chrysalides.