Happy Birthday, Butterfly!

Our final Monarch butterfly emerged from a chrysalis last week. We were able to watch the emergence, then tagged and released this beautiful creature. Classmates cheered, and shouted "adios" as the butterfly began the long flight to Mexico. We were also able to determine that this butterfly was a male, by the markings on it's wings. your child should be able to explain the markings to you. We have been tagging butterflies as part of the Monarchwatch study. Each butterfly has a tiny numbered sticker affixed to its wing.Researchers can use the numbers on the stickers, to track the journey of the Monarchs.  Hopefully, we will be able to track the travel of the butterflies tagged in Room 7 this year.

Our remaining two chrysalis- an Eastern Swallowtail, and a Tent Caterpillar Moth,will probably "winter over" and will emerge in the spring. We will keep an eye on them throughout the seasons!