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| A Monarch Caterpillar |
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An Eastern Black Swallowtail Caterpillar
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Last week, one student brought in a container with two caterpillars inside. We were able to watch the caterpillars eat, and eat, and eat until Friday. The caterpillars looked similar, but were not exactly the same.
On Friday, each caterpillar began to make a chrysalis. We noticed that one chrysalis was hanging down(the Monarch), and the other was jutting out from the stick. They were both green at the start.
When we came to school on Monday, the Eastern Black Swallowtail chrysalis was completely camouflaged! We had trouble finding it, because it looked so much like a stick.
We will continue to keep on eye the metamorphosis of both types of caterpillars.
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