During recess, two students stumbled upon a small caterpillar. We took it into the room and placed it in our butterfly hatching net.
We talked about how, in order for the caterpillar to go through metamorphosis, we would need to find food fit for its diet. So, the two students walked us outside to where they found the caterpillar and we started looking for plants in that area that it might eat. We mainly found grasses and we compared them by leaf styles in the classroom. Altogether, we found 3 possible species of grass.
This morning, we noticed that the caterpillar hadn't eaten any of the grass. So, now we are revising our prediction about what the caterpillar might eat.
Mr. O'Keefe told me at carpool that if a caterpillar is away from its food source, it might be close to making its J-shape, preparing for the pupa stage. We'll see.
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