Latest News on our Caterpillars and Frogs!

Hooray!  We have a brand new Monarch Butterfly in our classroom today.  This morning we were all amazed at how dark the chrysalis had become over the weekend.  Then a just before morning tea, it emerged and ventured out into the world!  It's wings were still a little wet and crinkly so it held on to the shell of the chrysalis for the rest of the day.  We could see the butterfly's probiscus (tongue) as it did a taste test of the chrysalis.  We think it is a female Monarch since it doesn't have spots on it's wings.

We took it out into the sunshine and fresh air after lunch and watched it get ready to fly away.  Goodbye, Little Monarch, have fun finding nectar to eat and do lay lots of eggs so that we may see many more butterflies soon.

We continue to be fascinated by the changes taking place in our tadpoles too.  They are growing their legs already and it won't be too long before they start coming out of the water to sit upon the rock in their terrarium.  The photos were also taken today - look closely at those little legs!