We managed to watch a butterfly hatch only after a few seconds of it starting to emerge.
Look how big the abdomen is and how small the wings are when it first comes out.
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| Holding the butterfly carefully to apply the tag |
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| Tag on! |
Sunday, April 8, 2018
Butterflies, Butterflies
We have been so lucky to watch butterflies hatch this week. Thank you to Zoe who brought in 5 chrysalis for us.
We managed to watch a butterfly hatch only after a few seconds of it starting to emerge.
Then another one hatched, and this time Edie came to tag it as part of our monarch butterfly tagging programme.
Edie talking to the children about why we tag the butterflies:
All ready to fly away! I wonder where the butterfly will fly away to?
We managed to watch a butterfly hatch only after a few seconds of it starting to emerge.
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