{"id":12010,"date":"2015-06-15T20:45:02","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/?p=12010"},"modified":"2015-06-21T21:46:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T21:46:29","slug":"watch-caterpillars-change-into-butterflies-before-your-very-eyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/?p=12010","title":{"rendered":"Watch caterpillars change into butterflies before your very eyes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<STYLE type=\"text\/css\">body {background-repeat: no-repeat;background-color: pink;}<\/style><h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Watch caterpillars change into butterflies before your very eyes!<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">The First classes have watched the Miracle of Metamorphosis in their very\u00a0own classroom!<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">It began with a Cup of Caterpillars and the nutritious food they need to develop into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">We watched very closely as the caterpillars grew bigger and bigger as they ate the food.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar flashvars1 ={\nautoplay:\"false\",\nflashId:\"1\",\nFKey:\"\",\nGalleryPath:\"https:\/\/www.scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/plugins\/oqey-gallery\",\nGalleryID:\"11768,11767,11766,11765,11764,11763,11762,11761-12010\",\nFirstRun:\"1\"\n};\nvar params1     = {bgcolor:\"#ffffff\", allowFullScreen:\"true\", wMode:\"transparent\"};\nvar attributes1 = {id: \"oqeygallery1\"};\nswfobject.embedSWF(\"https:\/\/www.scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/oqey_gallery\/skins\/darkfreesk\/darkfreesk.swf\", \"flash_gal_1\", \"600\", \"600\", \"8.0.0\", \"\", flashvars1, params1, attributes1);\n<\/script>\n<div style=\"margin:0 auto;width:100%;text-align:center;\"><\/div><div id=\"flash_gal_1\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\">\n<div class=\"oqeyslider\" style=\"background:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"oqey-slideshow cycle-slideshow1\" data-cycle-loader=true data-cycle-progressive=\"#slides1\" data-cycle-manual-speed=\"100\" data-cycle-timeout=5000 data-cycle-prev=\".prevControl1\" data-cycle-next=\".nextControl1\" data-cycle-slides=\">div,>img\"><span class=center><span class=\"prevControl prevControl1\"><\/span><span class=\"nextControl nextControl1\"><\/span><\/span><div class=\"oqeyincolumn\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy1\" src=\"\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><script id=\"slides1\" type=\"text\/cycle\" data-cycle-split=\"---\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" title=\"\" style=\"max-width:100%;\"\/><\/div> --- \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\njQuery(document).ready(function(){\njQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1\").css(\"min-height\", (jQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1\").width()\/1.5));jQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1 div img\").css(\"max-height\", (jQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1\").width()\/1.5));jQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1\").cycle();\n});\njQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1\").on(\"cycle-before\", function( event, opts ) {\njQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1 div img\").css(\"max-height\", (jQuery(\".cycle-slideshow1\").width()\/1.5));});\n<\/script>\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">After ten days, the caterpillars stopped eating and climbed to the top of the cup. Once there, they attached themselves to the paper disk under the lid of the cup, they hung upside down and transformed into chrysalides. Unlike a cocoon, which has a silk covering, a chrysalis has a smooth, hard outer covering. Both cocoons and chrysalides are also known as pupae.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff00ff; text-decoration: underline;\">The Miracle of Metamorphosis<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Once the chrysalides hardened (after about two to three days), we moved them into their butterfly habitat. We carefully removed the lid of the cup and pinned the paper disk with the chrysalides attached to the lower inside of the habitat. <\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12053\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_3783-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12052\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_3782-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12051\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_3781-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12050\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_3780-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12049\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_3779-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12048\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_3778-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">For approximately seven to ten days, an amazing change took place inside the chrysalides! The caterpillar transformed into a beautiful butterfly.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12056\" alt=\"IMG_4004\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4004-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12057\" alt=\"IMG_4005\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4005-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12058\" alt=\"IMG_4006\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4006-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12059\" alt=\"IMG_4007\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4007-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12060\" alt=\"IMG_4008\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4008-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12061\" alt=\"IMG_4009\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4009-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">The new butterflies emerged, and they needed food. So we placed fresh flowers in the butterfly habitat for your butterflies to rest on while feeding. To make the nectar, we mixed 3 teaspoons of sugar with 1 cup of water. Then sprinkled a few drops of this nectar on the blossoms.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">In a few days we will have to take the habitat outdoors and set the butterflies free.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12222\" alt=\"IMG_4157\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4157-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12224\" alt=\"IMG_4161\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4161-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12226\" alt=\"IMG_4163\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4163-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12231\" alt=\"IMG_4170\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4170-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12233\" alt=\"IMG_4172\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4172-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12234\" alt=\"IMG_4173\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4173-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12235\" alt=\"IMG_4174\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4174-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-12237\" alt=\"IMG_4176\" src=\"http:\/\/scoilmhuirejunior.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IMG_4176-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch caterpillars change into butterflies before your very eyes! 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