A Batch of Caterpillars

After a Spring, Summer and Fall without many caterpillars (Monarch population is down world-wide), we have caterpillars!

The girls have rescued more than 50 caterpillars from the Crown Flower plants in our school garden. The lizards and wasps eat the caterpillars before they are full grown and turn into chrysalis if we do not rescue them. There are so many caterpillars to feed that we have run out of leaves to feed them. We can even hear them munching inside the cage.

You should see our butterflies fluttering about in the next few weeks as they emerge from their chrysalis. Cheers to metamorphosis and the life cycle.


Caterpillar Video - July 27

Our Monarch caterpillars are getting bigger and bigger. It will be chrysalis time soon.

JULY 29 - Caterpillars!

Feeding Butterflies

Butterfly Release 9-29-2011