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Look at how much of the plants they've eaten! (I need to get out to buy some more hollyhock!) 

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Look at how much of the plants they've eaten! (I need to get out to buy some more hollyhock!) 

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Somehow, some of the caterpillars were found 5 feet away from the plants on the couch on my porch!

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Somehow, some of the caterpillars were found 5 feet away from the plants on the couch on my porch!

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Three different sizes of caterpillars. They must have been born a couple of days apart. Look how much of the leaf they have eaten!

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Three different sizes of caterpillars. They must have been born a couple of days apart. Look how much of the leaf they have eaten!

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As the caterpillars were exploring my screened-in porch and were no longer staying contained on the plants anymore, I moved the plants and the caterpillars outside! 

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As the caterpillars were exploring my screened-in porch and were no longer staying contained on the plants anymore, I moved the plants and the caterpillars outside! 

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This resource is fantastic- from PBS (videos, slide show, and info.) 

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This resource is fantastic- from PBS (videos, slide show, and info.) 

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Caterpillars eat lots of leaves to help them grow.

Watch the video to learn more!

In the larva stage, a caterpillar goes through many transformations called instars.
Click on the Arrange It! button below and put the pictures in order to show how the caterpillar changes.

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Space Pause/Play video playback Enter Pause/Play video playback m Mute/Unmute video volume Up and Down arrows Increase and decrease volume by 10% Right and Left arrows Seek forward or backward by 5 seconds 0-9 Fast seek to x% of the video. f Enter or exit fullscreen.

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One of my students is reading a poem in the background.  Focus on the caterpillar climbing on the leaf and/or turn off the sound for this video.

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One of my students is reading a poem in the background.  Focus on the caterpillar climbing on the leaf and/or turn off the sound for this video.

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They are so strong. They can lift themselves up.

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They are so strong. They can lift themselves up.

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We can see the light through the leaf where the caterpillars have eaten the surface.

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We can see the light through the leaf where the caterpillars have eaten the surface.

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A flower has come out of one of the buds on the hollyhock plant.

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A flower has come out of one of the buds on the hollyhock plant.

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The caterpillars are doing well and are now in a new instar! 

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The caterpillars are doing well and are now in a new instar! 

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I found this little guy at my house!

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Look at how much of the leaf they've eaten through in the last day

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Look at how much of the leaf they've eaten through in the last day

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We found out that the baby birds are purple finches

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Still about 2 mm

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A couple of hours later...the caterpillars have eaten so much and now more are on the outside of the container.

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A couple of hours later...the caterpillars have eaten so much and now more are on the outside of the container.

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Mark’s backyard snapping turtle wrestling match 

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Mark’s backyard snapping turtle wrestling match 

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Photo of a painted turtle about to lay eggs. She's digging a hole with her back feet.

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Photo of a painted turtle about to lay eggs. She's digging a hole with her back feet.

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A bird made a nest above one of our outdoor lights.  The eggs hatched recently.  These are the baby birds.

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A bird made a nest above one of our outdoor lights.  The eggs hatched recently.  These are the baby birds.

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They are everywhere! They are crawling all over the plant, but also all over the container (inside and outside), and even onto the table. 

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They are everywhere! They are crawling all over the plant, but also all over the container (inside and outside), and even onto the table. 

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Video of the brand new Painted Lady caterpillars!!!

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Video of the brand new Painted Lady caterpillars!!!

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Zoom in

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Painted Lady butterfly eggs on a hollyhock leaf

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Painted Lady butterfly eggs on a hollyhock leaf

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View from the top of the container. They fly around a lot and land on the hollyhock plant. 

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View from the top of the container. They fly around a lot and land on the hollyhock plant. 

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1 millimeter?

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The width of the butterfly with the wings open.  

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The width of the butterfly with the wings open.  

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Another video of the butterflies drinking from the orange

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Another video of the butterflies drinking from the orange

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