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"Monarchs, Monarchs and More Monarchs"

During the month of September, Mrs. T's and Mr. Ludwig's science class raised monarch butterflies in class. The students recorded observations of each of the stages of a monarch's life cycle from egg to larva to chrysalis to adult. The monarch eggs and larva were provided by Mr. Ludwig from his home butterfly garden as well as the milkweed leaves that is the sole food source of the monarch larva.

Before releasing the monarchs, students participated in a special project where the monarchs were "tagged" with a unique sticker attached to one of it's wings. Information on the wing was recorded and sent to a database, called "Monarch Watch, where if a monarch is ever discovered with a tag, scientists can track it's migratory behavior.