AtalaRescue

05/20/2021

Over 1,001 LIVE Atala caterpillars, and unhatched eggs surviving on our coontie plant population at Natural Bridge Elementary. The Atala Hairstreak is on the rise in SOUTH FLORIDA!

05/20/2021

Today we have eggs, baby, and big fat caterpillars eating all over the coontie plants in our family gardens. Some coontie cones were covered with more than 30 caterpillars at a time, feeding on any part of the plant available.

05/14/2021

https://sway.office.com/yef1LR2aIbFrLD29?ref=Link Publishing April and May poems written by us.

05/10/2021

As of May 10th 2021, our count of live eggs and caterpillars in our garden is at 658. This includes both recently laid eggs and live recently hatched caterpillars. This morning we also witnessed and photgraphed several Adult female Atalas in the act of laying more eggs. Here pictured below is a female Atala laying eggs in our "Secret Annex" family of 3 coontie bushes at the far front end of the north gated garden in our school.

04/29/2021

April is Poetry Month. It took all month to edit and revise. Now published, each pair of rhyming lines in our inspirational Narrative written by 3rd graders.

04/29/2021