Thursday, August 7, 2008

Monarch Butterfly - Finally!

Well, it happened! Our butterfly hatched and sadly we missed it. It happened at about 8:30 this morning.



You can watch a video of a butterfly emerge here. The narration is educational too.

Why do butterflies emerge hanging upside down? Butterflies hang upside-down when they emerge from their chrysalis so that gravity can help them pump the fluid from their abdomen into their wings. This allows the wings to expand and dry so that the monarch can use them to fly! (http://www.monarchlab.org/)

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