Butterfly Conservatory: Woolly Bear Day

 Touch Table

When we enter the Butterfly Conservatory, the butterflies themselves are 100% off limits, in terms of touching. They can land on you, but you cannot make contact with them. 

However, the staff make sure that wee hands get their fill of touch wherever possible!

There were loads of opportunities to keep hands busy during yesterdays Home School Day.

 Woolly Bears

The gentle woolly bears were preparing for this winters hibernation.

The Caterpillar Stage is the second stage of a butterflies Life Cycle; Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly. They spend one season in each cycle.

 

 Stick Bugs

 La Cucaracha!

Having lived and traveled in Central & South America, I'm no stranger to the Cucaracha.

At the Conservatory, these insects are respected as highly as the rest!

Not so much in the Southern America's!

A Woolly Bear scavenger hunt took place in the conservatory. Children located Fact Sheets that had co-responding letters, to complete their Woolly Bear postcard.
 
EXPAND ON BUTTERFLY LIFE
Fascinating Facts. http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesmoths/a/10-facts-butterflies.htm