The wildlife garden, planted in April 2009 as part of the WASP project, has attracted this beautiful migrant butterfly. The flowers of Sweet Rocket and Red Valerian provided food for the butterflies that have recently travelled here all the way from Africa!!
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Week commencing: Date: Weather: Trapped: No. of moths: No. of species: New for 2009: Comments: 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 [...] Week commencing: Date: Weather: Trapped: No. of moths: No. of species: New for 2009: Comments: Lily brought in a dead Tortoiseshell butterfly. We put it under the digital microscope and took these photos. Ross found another Brindled Pug moth, crawling up the living room window. His sister, Izzy brought the moth in and found out it was yet another Brindled pug! ” As part of the moth group, Ethnie and I check on the moths in the fridge every day.” Every monday I come in and check the Moth’s in the fridge. It’s amazing seeing all the different types of moths, their stunning colours and learning about them! One week we caught an Emporer Moth and it was so interesting learning about it’s life cycle and seeing how much it had changed when it was [...] A white butterfly pupa was found on a school door. The exact species is still to be identified. Week commencing: Date: Weather: Trapped: No. of moths: No. of species: New for 2009: Comments: |
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