Most of are caterpillar have emerged.Emerge mean that it have turned into butterflies. Some have not emerged.Some of the butterflies' wings are booken. So they can't fly.

it is here. my caterpillar is a B.U.T.T.E.R.F.L.Y. many of the butterflys were deformed. i am glad mine is not deformed.

There are a bunch of butterflys now. I don't now if mine is out of it's chrysalis because I can't find
mine. A couple of butterflys came out of their chrysalis with a bad wing. A lot are still in their
chrysalis. The butterflys get their water from a sponge.

My caterpiller is now out of its chrysalis! And is a butterfly. It is gray and brown with spots.

Butterflies

Obviously, We have butterflies!!

Can you find the proboscis?? What does it do??

This one has a little bit of a deformed wing., but can you find the wings?

My caterpillar is in a chrysalis . The caterpillar is almost out of his chrysalis. The caterpillar is moving alot beacause its in his scwooshed in his chrysalis . That is what my caterpillar is doing.

I saw 3 butterflies that hatch already maybe my caterpillar is a buterfly.

my caterpillar has almost turned into a butterfly.It looks like it is trying to break out of it's crysalis.My crysalis has a head sticking out of the top of the crysalis that means it just made it's crysalis.

Two butterflies hatched a few days ago. They were deformed. Today another one hatched, it is not deformed. One butterfly tried to fly, but it couldn't. It flapped his wings like crazy, but it never got off the ground. The butterfly was fun to watch. Another butterfly just hatched. Butterflies look like they have camoflauge wings, but that's the inside of their wings.

my caterpller I think is abaut to be a butterfly. maby this week. one is a butterfly. I think they are all chrysalisis

My caterpillar is not a butterfly yet I am tierd of wating I am not pashent any more
it is still a chrysais. I am happy that it is still in its in his chrysails. so it will not go away
some of them are all reddy a butterflys one of them looks died.

my caterpill tornd into an chrysalis because when it molt .my caterpill you wait 1 are 2 to nito at when i fiirst i get my it was small when i first get him my caterpill eat malo to help it grow.

My cater pillar is in it's chysalis it cn not frass because it can only be a caterpillar to frass.I wonder what my catrpillar would be like being a butterfly.

My caterpillar was the first one in its chrysalis.It frassed alot.My caterpillar could be the first one to be a butterfly.I wonder what it will look like when its a butterfly.

My caterpillar is in its chrysalis.Probily @ one oclok in the morning it got in its chrysalis.When I came back from the weekends it was in its chrysalis.

My caterpillar has made its chrysalis. I cant wait until it turns into a butterfly. My caterpillar eats alot. It looks like a stick in its chrysalis. It is hanging on its tissue in a cup in a box.

I am so exsited because my caterpillar is in its chrysalis.I can not wait till it is a butterfly. It is so cool to see your caterpillar in a chrysalis.When my caterpillar was small I could see its pro legs.

my caterpill toron into a j shap because to torn into chrysalis i can't wit into butterflie

My caterpillar has turned into a chrysalis it has already sheded i'ts exoskeliton has already come off.My caterpillar has alot of frass at the bottom of his cup.Yestuday the caterpillar was in a j shape and that means that it is going to turn into a chrysalis.The next stage for my cater pillar would be to turn into a buetyfull buterfly.My favorite stage of my caterpillar is when it is going to shed i'ts exoskeliton.My second favorite stage is when it is moolting it's skin and the caterpillar head capsile.The hed capsile is a thing that is over to of it's head.The caterpillar gets bigger by removing it's exoskeliton.

My caterpillar has turned into a chrysalis . Soon it will be a butterfly in 1 week after 1 week it will be a butterfly. A beutifull one.

my caterpillar isnt in its chryalis but it is trying. it already molted its skin. I cant wait until its in its chrysalis. some are already in their chrysalis. I like looking at the chrysalis.

My caterpiller is finaly a chrysalis! It will be so cool!

My caterpillar is in a chrysalis Mis. Swason put it in a box with all of the ather ones. The caterpilar molted its exoskeleton. Its chrysalis is shiney. I think it feels comfortable for teh caterpillar. I hope the butterflies will come out in a week.

The day has come! My caterpillar is now a chrysalis. It will turn into a butterfly. I can't wait! It has gotten sooooooooooooooooo big. I like my caterpillar.

I have 2 caterpillar. One of my caterpillar are in chrysalis .And one is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My caterpillars frassed alot on the lid. I don't know why one my caterpillar dead.

Chrysalides!!

We have chrysalides! Our caterpillars are just growing so fast. The heat from the weekend and this week must make them grow really fast. But that's great for us because we need them to emerge by June 27th. Check out some pictures of our first Chrysalis.

Can you see the exoskeleton that he molted right before he formed his chrysalis??

Can you see all of the paper he ate before he became a chrysalis??

My caterpilar is in a chrysalis. It will be a butterfly sooner or latter or maby tomorow. It can run arund in surculs it finily did frass. Frass is the number 2 when you go to the bathroom. A caterpilar eats malo. Malo is a plant. It looks kind of cool when it is in the chrysalis. You can still see the caterpilars body. It does not look the same in its chrysalis.

My caterpillar has frassed a lot for the passed two weeks. It is allmos in a chrysalis. It is on the top of the cup.

My caterpillar is in a j shape and hanging from the roof. And ready to go into a chrysalis t0day .My caterpillar is very fragil so I can not move him from place to place. Soon he will be a butterfly.

My caterpiler is so groing! It is molting.It has turned white becase it molted. My caterpl is huge.It is almost in a j pasitin

Today my caterpillar have grown so big!My caterpillar have frast alot.Right now the caterpillar is sleeping up side down.He have eating a some paper.My caterpillar have not turn into a buterfly.My caterpillar have pro legs,true legs,bristles and spiacles.

My caterpillar has sharp bristles, because if a bird trys to swollow it, the bird hurts itself. It can frass alot. The caterpillar just popped of his head-cap. He practices his chrysallis stage alot. My caterpillar is amazing!

My caterpillar has gotten fatter than when I left for the weekend on Friday. He has now made frass and molted. There is yellow stuff on the tissue paper, I wonder why it's there? My teacher's caterpillar is ready to turn into a chrysalis, soon! The way you tell if your caterpillar is getting ready to turn into a chrysalis, is check to see if it is in a J shape. I'm really happy with my caterpillar!

My caterpillar is almost ready for its cacoon.My teacher's caterpillar is almost ready for its cacoon.Last week my caterpillar was so tiny but now its so big.

The next phase!

Our caterpillars are trying to make a J. (I have no idea why the picture is upside down and I don't know how to fix it!) Check back to find out what it means when caterpillars start to make a J.

He was wiggling when I was holding the top and trying to take his picture.

Showing off our growth!

Here are some pictures of our caterpillars growing! Can you believe how much they have grown?

Can you pick out the prolegs or true legs?? Bristle anyone?

Look at our huge caterpillars move! Can you pick out the parts of the Caterpillar?

a. prolegs

b. true legs

c. bristle

d. spiracles

e. simple eyes

More to come soon! Make sure you are looking for the J-shape!

My caterpillar has gotten a lot bigger because he has ate a lot more food.His frass has gotten a lot bigger and has been doing more frass. There is not as much

My caterpilr has gotten very very big!!! My caterpillar molted his scin a copole days ago.my caterpillar is frassing alot. that is what my caterpillar has bean doing.

My caterpillar molted because it was eating malo. my caterpillar is big and black.i see some frass in his cup

My caterpillar is big. It ate the tissue paper. The caterpillar made frass on his food.

My caterpillar has grown a lot more!!!It has got so big from eating the malo.The caterpillar doesnt move much.I wonder why it doesnt move that much?

My caterpillar molted its skin. Molted means that it loses its skin just like a snake. My caterpiller is growing because she eats too much. The food is called Malo is a plant has water inside. When he eats he gets water and food.

My caterpillar has molted over night. It even grew over night because it ate so much.

My caterpillar molted his skin. My caterpillar eats malo.My caterpillars p word is frass He is big and black

My caterpillar molted his skin. My caterpillar eats malo it likes to eat malo. My caterpillar is black and big. He is going to be a cocoon.

Check out our caterpillar moves!!

My caterpillar is very big! He eats a plant called malo. Malo is a plant. Soon he will molt his skin. Molting is when he grows out of his skin. Soon he will make a cocoon. When he makes a cocoon after awhile he will turn into a butterfly.

My caterpillar has gotten really big. It likes to crawl on the top of the cup a lot. It likes to eat malo. Malo is a type of plant. My caterpillar has frassed a little.

My caterpillar has molted its skin. It has ate so much food.Molted means when a caterpillar sheds its skin to get biger

My caterpillar looks like he is sleeping.My catipillar molted.molting is when it loosis its scin because it is geting biger

My caterpillar has grown so big. My caterpillar has molted. Molt means loosing it skin.My caterpillar eats malo. Malo is a plant.Malo is a plant you can't find in your backyard.My caterpillar frassed alot on the side of the plstice.Frass means number 2 of using the bathroom.The thing that made the caterpillar

My caterpillar has grown so big! It even molted! and when it is a buterfly it will be a painted lady!

My caterpillar have got so big !My caterpillar haven't shade it molt.Molt is something that a caterpillar shade it's skin like a snake.

My caterpillar is sleeping on the top of the cup but in a cupl weeks it will be in its criclic.Its food smells like a smelly eggs.

My caterpillar has molted its scin.It has gotin so big!!Molted means when the caterpillar sheds its scin.It has ate a lot of its food.It

My caterpiller is geting very big!!! My caterpillar is molting its skin. My caterpillar is also is frassing alot too. The
caterpillar eats malo it looks like sandy penutbuder. That is what my caterpillar has bean doing.

My caterpillar sleeps alot. He has already molted his skin! The caterpillar is so big. Did you know that caterpillar "waste" is called frass. He eats a plant called "Malo". Malo (say ma-LOW) looks like a squishy grainy substance. It also looks like wet sand and oat meal. PLEASE READ MORE

my caterpillar is so not big!!!!!! It has just layed in the same spot.

My caterpillar died. So Miss Swanson got me a new one.It is as big as J.C.'s caterpillar!It eats malo. Malo is a plant that is native to the american. He has somthing called frass. It is the way that the caterpiller gets rid of his food.

My caterpillar is so not big!!!!!!it has just layed in the same spot for 3 days it's dead.Now to get to the real information.The caterpillar gets it's water fron a mushed up plant that is called malo.The caterpillar has this stuff that comes out of him called Frass.Like Dung.The teacher said that we can not say the p word.So we have to say Frass.The caterpillar molts it's skin that means that the skin comes of the caterpillar.The fatest caterpillar in my class is jake's caterpillar.

My caterpillar has grown a lot.This caterpillar has ate a lot too.All of our caterpillar were made in a lab.

My caterpiller eats malo. My caterpiller also is moting its skin. It gets water from the plant it eats. And gets its food from the plantmalo.My caterpiller has ate a a lot sense I have gotten him on wendsday . My caterpiller is in a container .My caterpiller gets its air from holes in the cap .Under the lid is
tissue paper .

My caterpillar has eaten lots of food. The food is called Malo. Malo is a plant. I think the Malo looks like brown, mushy cookie dough with some sand in it. My caterpillar has grown in the past few days. It is the biggest one in my class. Our caterpillars were made by scientists. They will be Painted Laidies. Mine hasn't molted or made any frass (caterpillar poup). Right now my caterpillar is upside-down on the ceiling. When you see a caterpillar hanging upside-down in a J, that means it is ready to form a chrysalis. Hopefully it will form a chrysalis, soon!

My caterpillar has grone a lot. It is on the roof a lot.
It has not done frass or molted.

Welcome!!

We've just seen our caterpillars for the first time! They arrived on June 3rd, 2008 and started to enjoy their new home on the afternoon of June 4th, 2008. Please check back often to see how they grow and change. Students from Miss Swanson's class will be updating the blog almost daily on their observances of the caterpillar. If you look closely you might even get a picture or two!