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Black Swallowtail Emerges!

In November, a 4th grade student brought a chrysalis into science.  He identified it as a black swallowtail.  We put the chrysalis into a butterfly tent and waited and waited and waited.  Typically a black swallowtail spends 9-11 days in the chrysalis, so after more than 1 month we had given up hope.  THEN...this morning as Ms. Stearns and I were teaching the 3rd grade, we noticed a beautiful black butterfly fluttering around the tent...It's a BOY...WOW!  It's too cold to release it outside, so we are working to create a habitat in the classroom.  If anyone wants to donate a small plant of fennel, carrot, or parsley, please bring it to the science room ASAP.

 

http://www.butterflygardeningandconservation.com/butterfly/st/black.php

 

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