Mrs. Nibhanupudy was nice enough to give Alex some specimens from her butterfly garden! We have an egg (not sure what it is, but we suspect it is a Gulf Fritillary egg), a monarch caterpillar that has just hatched (it's smaller than my pinky nail), and a full-grown Gulf Fritillary caterpillar. Now we have a specimen representing each stage of a caterpillar's life (well, we will soon when we have a butterfly!).
We have pictures to the left.
Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
This is what our caterpillar will look like when he hatches from his cocoon.
Gulf Fritillary Caterpillar
This caterpillar is living out on my screened-in back porch.
Butterfly Labels
Chrysalis Under Microscope
This is the chrysalis at 10x under a microscope.
Chrysalis Under Microscope
This is the chrysalis at 60x under a microscope.
Chrysalis under Microscope
This is the chrysalis at 200x under a microscope.
Matthew and Alex Release the Swallowtail
The butterfly flew up into a tree and the boys tried to chase it.
Matthew and Alex Release the Swallowtail
Matthew and Alex Release the Swallowtail
Matthew and Alex Release the Swallowtail
Alex and Matthew work together to release the enormous butterfly!
Matthew's Butterfly Hatches
Matthew swallowtail butterfly hatched on Sunday, October 25.
Florida Viceroy Butterfly
This is what Alex's butterfly looked like when we released him into the butterfly garden.
Florida Viceroy Pupa
This is what the pupa stage looks like for a Florida Viceroy.
Florida Viceroy Caterpillar
This is what Alex's caterpillar REALLY was - a Florida Viceroy!
Broken Cocoon
This is a close up of the Florida Viceroy cocoon.
Matthew and Alex Release Alex's Butterfly
Alex and Matthew release Alex's butterfly into the Heathrow Elementary butterfly garden.
Alex's Butterfly Hatches!
Alex's butterfly hatched while we were at school on October 12.
Alex's Butterfly Hatches!
Alex's butterfly hatched while we were at school on October 12.
Matthew's Butterfly Begins to Change
It was green this morning...yellow this afternoon!
Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly
This is what we predict Matthew's butterfly will look like.
Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar
This is the caterpillar that Matthew has.
White Admiral Butterfly
This is what we predict that Alex's butterfly could look like.
White Admiral Caterpillar
This is the caterpillar that we think Alex's has.
Alex's Caterpillar
October 4, 2009
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