Day 23 - Six Butterflies Have Come Out Now

Today there are six butterflies in the cage. There are many stains of blood on the netting of the cage.

The Painted Lady butterflies can walk upside down. Maybe their legs are sticky. The red blood is the butterfly's blood. The science word for Painted Lady butterfly is Vanessa cardui (Latin). Today we saw the butterfly's tongue. It looks like a spiral and there is like a slot by it's chin to put it back in.

- The Pokemon Team

Why do Painted Lady butterflies look like Monarch butterflies?
My theory is because they are a relative of the Monarch.

My butterfly came out yesterday.

I wonder if the blood in the butterflies is the same blood as in humans?
My theory is that they don't have the same blood because a human is a person and a butterfly is an insect.

Where does the blood come from that we see on the cage?
My theory is that the blood comes out from the wings.

- The Numbers Team

Some butterflies can look poisonous but they are not. I got this information from a book. The painted lady butterfly see more shades of green than people do. Male butterflies have a smaller abdomen (body) than females. The red stuff is a chemical that they get rid of. I got this information from a website.

- The A Team

Now we have four more butterflies. They are from caterpillars 8, 15, 9, and one of the extra caterpillars.

Does a butterfly keep its caterpillar body?
I think they do keep it because the butterfly body looks like a caterpillar.

The butterfly comes out of the chrysalis at night when there is no wind or rain when they are in nature. I got that fact from a book.

- The Spike Team

How many days is the butterfly has to be in the chrysalis?
I saw it took one week and and one day for our caterpillars.

Why do they call it the Painted Lady butterfly?
I think because it's kind of colourful when the sun shines on it.

I researched that a butterfly is an insect.
- The Japanese Team


I wonder why the butterfly's like sweet stuff?
I think that they like sweet stuff because it gives them more energy to fly and because they like it.

Why do they call it the Painted Lady butterfly?
I think that the Painted Lady butterfly is called that because it looks like the wings were painted.

The butterflies are very small and like to fly in the cage.
-The Butterfly Twins

Why do our butterflies pour out their blood from their bodies?
My theory is that they can't fly with that much load and so they need to get rid of that extra blood.

Did you know it takes 8 weeks for some caterpillars to turn into butterflies?

-The Pandas

There are six butterflies in the cage.

- The Beta Team