Butterfly Observations

Check back regularly to see our updates on your caterpillars' progression as they become butterflies! 

This process is called METAMORPHOSIS 🐛 🦋 

Baby Caterpillars

April 5th - Meet our 5 new baby caterpillars! They had quite a trek to get here - early delivery with school closed, so Mrs. Roll had to pick them up at the UPS facility. 

Mighty Eagle's New Friends

April 5th - Mrs. Roll brought them to Room 1 and Mighty Eagle will watch them until we all return on the 8th.

Naming our Caterpillars

Drum roll, please 🥁 ... By popular vote, our caterpillars are named:

Daisy

Koopa Troopa

Rose

Stormy

Fuzzy

April 9th

Ava - They are black.

Archer - They have bumps on their skin.

Ella - They are crawling in their food. 

Summer - 3 of them are crawling up the cup. 

Quin - When they walk, they make their backs bumpy (up and down).

April 10th

Ford - They are moving a little quickly.

Sebastian - All 5 of them are climbing on the sides of the cup.

Reagan - One is shaped as a rainbow. 

Addy - They are shedding some of their skin as they grow. 

Josie - One is lighter brown.

They are a little over 1.5 cm long!

April 11th

Leighton - When they are moving, their body is wiggling up and down.

Fredrick - They are big! 2 cm!!

Gigi - They have little tiny legs.

Micah - They are flexible.

Delia - One is really short and skinny and one is big and fat. 

April 12th

Mighty Eagle was keeping a close eyes on our caterpillar friends. 

April 15th

Easton - They are big and fat!

Lily W- They are 3 cm long.

Mateo - They are moving slowly except for one.

Bodhi - They are gripping the sides with their feet. 

ALL - One just fell down to the bottom of the cup!


April 16th

Lily B - One is really big and one is shorter.

Reagan - One has half of a heart shape (making a J). 

Quin - They are getting bigger. They are between 3 1/2 and 4 cm long!

Ella - One of them is hanging upside down. 

Summer - They are really spiky looking. 

April 17th

Archer - They are eating a lot and growing really big!

Micah - They are 4 cm long now.

Josie - They are pooping a lot. 

Fredrick - One is shaped like an L.

Lily W. - All 5 are up towards the top!

April 18th

Easton - They are all 4 cm long now.

Sebastian - They are growing by eating lots of food. 

Leighton - One is moving at the top. 

Quin - The food area is bumpy now.

Mrs. Roll - There is a lot of white webbing inside and they look like they are getting too big to be in the cup1

April 22nd

We have 3 chrysalises!

April 22nd

...and one more that is getting ready!

April 23rd

Our last one! Now we patiently wait!


May 2nd

Hello, new friend! 🦋 

May 2nd

And another one after school!

May 6th

Release Day!

May 6th

Fly Free!

Goodbye, butterflies!