St Mark's WASP

A number of Emperor Moth caterpillars were successfully reared by the school to the pupa stage last summer. Just before Easter this year some of the adult moths began emerging from the pupae!! This video shows a female Emperor Moth that hatched from her pupa last week (well spotted Class 3!) and attracted [...]

Keren Davies has a chrysalis under her forget-me-nots in her garden. It is really intricate. She will keep us posted on its progress.

The first moth emerged on Friday 12 June from the pupa being looked after in the caterpillar rearing net.Â
The moth is called The Drinker.

Two chrysalises were found in the St.Marks play cabin. One butterfly has already left the chrysalis. St. Marks pupils,  Keren Davies and Lily Harding, showed Steve Ogden their find, and straight away he identified the chrysalis of white butterflies. This is what the two pupils said “We think its interesting to see the cacoons so close up and [...]

A white butterfly pupa was found on a school door. The exact species is still to be identified.
Well spotted!