What is different about this Caterpillar?
Who can tell me what you notice about this caterpillar that makes it different from other ones you've seen or other ones in my pictures?
I think you will be amazed by the answer!!!!!!!!!
posted by Ms. Moser @ 7:52 PM
11 Comments:
Its designs are slightly different because the color is more faded and its stripes are in different places. It has more furry spikes than the others. Kate thinks the caterpillar crawls differently (up and down) and Joe thinks the yellow dots turn to green when on a leaf (or maybe red?). Kailyn thinks there is a furry white spot growing from the side. Ben thinks this may be a giant cluster of eggs. Taniya thinks it has a chemical inside it that changes the caterpillar every season. Sami thinks it is a fungus. Irvin thinks it is more hair. Emonie thinks the caterpillar is injured and Mia thinks it is a chrysallis.
Dear Students,
I will tell you more about this caterpillar tomorrow when we talk, but Kailyn is very, very close.
The caterpillar was infected by a parasitoid. The parasitoid injected the caterpillar with its babies. Then, after the baby pupated, it hatched out of the abdomen of the caterpillar. Cool, huh! Kind of like an alien!
HEY MS. MOSER!!!!
WE MISS YOU IN THE ROOM BESIDE US DURING MATH!!
NOT AS FUN WITH MY MOM!!
HOPE YOU'RE HAVIN FUN!
CAROL SEIGLER
We loved talking with you today. Afterwards, we all wrote a learning log entry about the caterpillars you had "discovered." Were sending you some of the kids' questions from these logs!
How does the Skeletonizer change from a black and yellow catepillar to a black moth?
Do caterpillars lay eggs? If so, what color and shape are they?
How does caterpillars get in the cacune (cocoon?
Why doesn't the Skeletonizer caterpillar eat the border of the leaves?
Ashley, I will post a picture of the eggs.
Cam, all caterpillars shed their exoskeleton when they pupate (turn into a cocoon or chrysalis) so that is why they look so different as adults.
Junior, The caterpillar spins his own cocoon from the silk that comes out of his behind.
Sami, the skeletonizer eats the whole leaf, that is why it is called a skeletonizer, because all it leaves behind is the skeleton of the leaf!
Sami wants to know why the skeleton part of the leaf is left behind. Why doesn't the caterpillar just eat it all?
Good question...sorry I didn't understand last time. That part of the leaf is harder for the caterpillar to digest. They only eat the "good part". Think of it like cutting off the crust of your bread when eating a sandwich.
Have a great day!
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