We have now released 19 butterflies since school has started. We are keeping track of the date, time, and gender of each butterfly as they emerge from their chrysalis. I randomly select a student to name and release each one. This lovely male was released this afternoon. I think his name is Skippy. He kind of looks like a Skippy, doesn't he?
Yesterday we released six butterflies and as we were heading back into the classroom I noticed Mr. Mikles' 7th graders with butterfly nets catching specimens for their zoology class. Those poor butterflies probably didn't get very far. Fortunately the 7th graders were doing catch and release and it probably only delayed the Mexico journey by a few days.
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