Our Book Research Facts

We found out from reading books that:

When caterpillars hatch they start eating a lot of leaves. The special food that the caterpillars had was made out of malva plant and soy.

- The A Team

The caterpillar can stay in its chrysalis for the whole winter.

- The Pokemon Team

Some butterflies lay yellow eggs on a leaf. Some caterpillars have different designs on their bodies.
- The Butterfly Team

Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed because the caterpillars like to eat milkweed.
The caterpillar spins a silk thread from its tail to tie itself to a stalk.
-The Beta Team

When the caterpillar turns into a butterfly the scales look like dust when it rubs off on your fingers. Caterpillars make silk like webs around themselves to keep them safe from weather and predators.
- The Pandas

The eggs are the size of a pinhead.
Butterfly Twins

The size of the egg is as big as a pencil point. A few days later the egg turns black and the head of the caterpillar hatches out. The caterpillar eats the egg shell after it hatches.
- The Japanese Team

A butterfly's tongue is curled under its head. A caterpillar has 5 or 6 pairs of eyes.
- The Spike Team

Many butterflies spend the whole winter in the chrysalis part of the life cycle. If you touch a butterflies wing you will get powder on your fingers.

How does the caterpillar make so many droppings?
My theory is that a caterpillar does this because they eat a lot of food.

Do the caterpillars breathe in the chrysalis?
My theory is that they do breather because they will die if they don't breathe.

- The Numbers Team