A few weeks ago Karre brought home this Caterpillar. She named it Mori which she says means forest is Japanese. The kids put it in the fish bowl and fed it Milk Weed leaves for several days until it turned into a chrysalis.
This morning Mori turned into a butterfly. Karre says he is a male. I have no idea if she is correct or not so I will go along with that.
Karre, Allen , Hanna, and Paul took Mori to the park this morning to set him free. They were there for nearly two hours. I guess Mori wanted to stick around. Finally they left him on a tree.
Paul got very close to Mori. He looks a little bit traumatized here. Paul avoids any kind of critters if at all possible. For him to get this close to this butterfly is amazing. Hanna does not believe that the Caterpillar really is the butterfly since she did not see it change. I guess a little magic is okay since getting her to understand is never going to happen.
It forms a chrysalis!!! It actually sheds its skin! Cocoons are the pupa stage of a moth! and here is a link to tell the difference for male and female monarchs! http://adver-net.com/monpics.html I can't tell from your pictures if it has the spots or not!
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