What is this caterpillar doing?!

Is he practicing headstands? Doing yoga? Has he slipped and is desperately trying to climb back up?!

His body is making a ‘J’ shape and he is very still. Can you see the strands of silk attached to him? What is he making?

Looks like some of his friends are crawling up onto the lid to join him…whatever can they be up to?

Do you know why the caterpillars are hanging upside down?

Tell us your ideas by replying to this post!

Yesterday we made these brilliant spiders with Mrs. Glass. Today they looking very comfortable in their very own web! Some people chose to add palps (used for touching, tasting and feeling) or fangs (for paralysing prey!). Did you know, it only takes a spider about three hours to make a web? Could you build a trap to catch your dinner in three hours?!

Here’s a link to the beetle video we watched in class today. Which was your favourite beetle? Where do you think you might find beetles in your garden?

Different Types of Beetle

It’s spider week! What do you know about spiders? Do you have a spider question? Do you have a spider fact? Post a comment and tell us what you know or want to know about spiders!

Look how the caterpillars have changed in one week!

Add a reply below to say what you think of the caterpillars’ progress and what you think might happen next!

Mrs. Ward gave us clues to next week’s minibeast that we are studying in class! Here they are:

• It lives on the ground.
• It eats other minibeasts.
• It is in a nursery rhyme that you know.
• It is in the minibeast category called ‘arachnids’.

What do you think it is?

Alec says- ‘Can you see the difference?’

Hamish- ‘Measure the caterpillars!’

Blaise- ‘Try and crack the case! How did the caterpillars get bigger?!’

Look at how our caterpillars have changed!

Beth McN says ‘They have doubled in size in just two nights!’

Mrs. Anderson wonders how big they will be when we come back on Monday!

Yesterday we went on a minibeast hunt- we were looking for slugs and snails! We had to think about where we might find these minibeasts- light and dry places or dark and damp? Where do you think snails and slugs like to live?

We carefully examined the slugs and snails and then put them back in their own habitats where they belong!

This is our minibeast station- we are in charge of the school’s wormery and have to feed the worms each week. They enjoy rotten banana skins best!

We are very excited- we have 5 caterpillars in our class to look after! How will they grow and change? Check our blog every few days- we will update you on how they are doing!

Can you see the black bits? They are bits of exoskeleton that the caterpillars shed as they grow. Do you see the webbing? It protects the caterpillars from things that want to eat them! The brown balls are caterpillar poo!