Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania

Mystery Caterpillar Challenge

You are visiting your Grandpa Bill. He lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The two of you bike to the local park for some fishing.
While he parks his bike and gathers the fishing gear, you take a closer look at a flower that is blooming next to the bike rack. You are surprised to see 2 caterpillars. You grab a camera and take a photo. You show the caterpillars to Grandpa Bill. He wonders which kind of caterpillar/butterfly they are.

Develop your caterpillar identifying skills by researching these caterpillars.

catterpillar on queen anne's lace

Click on photo for an enlarged view

Techie tip: When you do, you will see a bigger view. Notice that the cursor has morphed into a magnifying glass with a plus sign + in the middle.
This signals that if you click on the image an even closer view will appear. Try it.
When you do - notice that the cursor is now a magnifying glass has a minus sign in it. Click on the photo to reduce it.

Mystery Butterfly Project | School Habitat Garden Project | ID Me! - identifying Monarchs activity | Prediction Challenge

Observation - Science skills builders: Larvae | Nest | Bush | Collecting Data (Int/Adv) | Variables (Adv)

Invertebrates - Frayer Model doc. | pdf.

 

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Pennsylvania Science Anchors
S.A.2. Processes, Procedures, and Tools of Scientific Investigations

S.A.3. Systems, Models, and Patterns, S.B.1. Structure and Function of Organisms
S4.B.3.1.1 Describe the living and nonliving components of a local ecosystem
S8.A.1 Reasoning and Analysis