After Spring Break we began our Butterfly unit.

The first week we talked about The parts of a butterfly. The head, thorax and abdomen.

We learned that they are insects and have 6 legs.

We learned the 4 stages in the life cycle. Egg-Larva-Pupa-Adult.

 This week we learned that butterflies have scales on their wings and if you pick them up by their wings you can damage them. We also learned that they have 4 wings. The 2 on each side move together.

We learned about 2 different types of butterflies.The Blue Swallowtail and the Painted Lady.

These larva here will become Painted Lady butterflies.

 From our observation this week we learned that the 5 larva are:

Shedding their exoskeletens, growing and they have webs.