I need your help because I have 5 eggs that need a “butterfly-sitter”
to watch over and take care of until they hatch into caterpillars, turn into a chrysalis,
and finally transform into a butterfly. Are you interested? Here is what you would need:
A small container with a top that you can poke a hole into:
A “pet pen” that can close – either a plastic style or mesh
style will work!
A grown-up that is willing to help you find *Milkweed and
*nectar flowers to cut as food sources as your butterfly grows!
That’s it! If you’re
able and interested, send Mrs. Leonard an email:
Heather.leonard@reading.k12.ma.us and she will set up a time for pick up at
Barrows.
As many of our students know from meeting “Barry the Barrows
Butterfly” last fall, my family and I have become very invested in saving and
supporting the Monarch Butterfly population. (And obviously I also like taking
lots of pictures of them too.)
Did you know that only 2-10% of eggs laid in the wild survive?
Some scientists have filed a petition for endangered species act protection for
the Monarch and its habitat in 2014. Monarchs are important pollinators for our
gardens. My family has found many
monarch butterfly eggs/caterpillars to protect and keep safe until they become
butterflies – then we release them into the wild! This is why I need the help of our Shining
Star Scientists!
Can you believe that they go from this:
(egg)
To this (caterpillar)
To this (Monarch butterfly)!
Just amazing!
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