Friday, May 18, 2007

Setting up the butterfly cage

Did you know that Painted Lady butterflies like grape Gatorade? Well, they do because it reminds them of flower nectar.
We put the gatorade in small glass bottles with a rolled up piece of a paper napkin sticking out at the top. The paper napkin soaked up the Gatorade and makes it easier for the butterflies to drink the liquid.
We added sticks to the butterfly cage so the butterflies will have somewhere to land and climb when they come out of the chrysalids.
Here a student is adding a chrysalid attached to its lid to the butterfly cage.

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