This is probably our most popular unit and a fascinating topic for students and teachers. Click here to see an adult Painted Lady Butterfly , the species raised in the unit. This is a reddish-orange liquid called meconium. While it looks a little like blood, meconium is not a health risk to humans.
Food is provided with the kit to raise one generation of larvae.
Common Mallow is a weed found in most yards and vacant lots in New York State. Visit the Children's Butterfly Site and the Electronic Resources on Lepidoptera for other butterfly links and resources. Bugbios has detailed information on butterfly wings . Monarch Butterfly for its life cycle. The Journey North site has information on Monarch as well as other migrations.