some unexpected visitors!

Several months ago while on bus duty, I looked down on the sidewalk and saw what looked to be a chrysalis of sorts on the sidewalk. I took it into the classroom and always meant to ask someone what it was. I never really got around to it! It looked a bit like this.

On Tuesday morning we arrived to discover our desk was covered with small, crawling insects, they looked a bit like ants. We put as many as we could find in an aquarium, and even the students helped us to locate a few more. It was evident fairly quickly that they were baby praying mantis'! We have continued to watch them hatch and grow all week. 

How fascinating...you just never know what is going to happen day to day!