Day 4 & 5:
The caterpillars are getting so big, eating up all the food at the bottom of their tub. They have even started to spin silk. Caterpillars spin silk so they can stick to leaves in the wild. If it is windy the caterpillars won’t blow away or get lost. Our caterpillars are using their silk to stick to the sides of tub and hang upside down!
Day 3: The caterpillars are very active today. Lots of wriggling around. Take a look at the video to watch how they move. They have doubled in size since they arrived. They are now 2 circles long. Very HUNGRY caterpillars indeed! 🐛
The caterpillars are certainly moving around a lot more this morning. They are starting to climb and eat the food at the bottom of their tub. However, there is still one that likes sleeping! We think it might be Thor.
They already look bigger. They were only one circle long yesterday. Today they are one and a bit.
DAY 1: Welcome home caterpillars!
Today our caterpillars arrived. James was delighted to meet them and couldn’t believe how small they were. We had to look really closely to see their colours. After a lot of thinking, James wanted to name them after his favourite superheroes. Thor, Hulk, Captain America, Superman & Batman.
The caterpillars are black and brown with a very thin white line on their backs. They must be tired from their journey because they have sleeping most of the day! We can’t wait to see them start wiggling around.
Can you remember what ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ ate on his first day (Monday)? I’ll give you a clue. Sometimes they are red, sometimes they are green. They are also round…. No, not smarties 😉
Please say hello to our very hungry caterpillars! I’ll be posting photos and videos of them every day for you all to enjoy.
We will be keeping a caterpillar diary about what they look like, their shape and colour, their size and what they get up to all day! I hope they behave themselves.
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