Butterfly Magic

We have been learning about the lifecycle of a Monarch Butterfly.
Shayla brought in some of her swan plants that already had Caterpillars on them.

Hello Casey! She is now Casey the Butterfly! Here she is just breaking out!

Her wings are a bit crumpled up! We saw her practicing using her Probiscus!

Her wings need to be pumped with fluid. She will flap her wings to make this happen.

We took her outside and placed her on a sunny shrub outside our classroom to let her get herself ready to fly away.
Isha and Shelby kept an eye on her at playtime and they saw her take her first flight! She was very clumsy!
The next time we looked for her she was gone.
We hope she comes back to visit us!

We named the big Caterpillar Casey. We saw magic happen in our class! We got to see Casey transform from a Caterpillar into a Pupa. Today we watched her hatch from her Pupa into a beautiful butterfly! It was amazing!  Check out the photos!