Jessica says....In my observations in the habitat, I saw one head capsule. A head capsule is part of the exoskeleton. The exoskeleton of the caterpillar is the hard shell like covering that gets too small for the caterpillar's body. The exoskeleton is shed and the caterpillar eats the body part because it is protein for the caterpillar. It does not eat the head capsule because it is too hard. This is called a molt and it can happen 4 or 5 times.
Christopher says...Did you know that true legs are the legs that are in the front of the caterpillar? True legs are the legs that grabs the food. Prolegs are the legs in the back of the caterpillar. Prolegs are velco-like on the bottom of the caterpillar's legs. The bottom of the prolegs are like suction cups that help the caterpillar climb and hold on to almost any kind of surface.
Jessica's question is why did the caterpillar stay on the habitat's wall for two days?
Christopher question is why is the caterpillar staying in one place but yesterday it was moving all over the habitat?
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I think that Jess and Chris did a fantastic job on explaining about head capsules and exoskeleton. Emilee B
ReplyDeleteI have the same question as Chris
ReplyDeleteNice Job 2F. I'm learning so much about the caterpillar and its habitat. Thank You.
ReplyDeleteThis is so exciting, keep up the great work, we will all learn right along with you! Bonnie
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