Butterflies Are Great Insects

By Emma Luna

The Life Cycle Of A Butterfly

Egg

The egg is very delicate also it is as red as blood on the inside.

Larvae

Larvae eat and shed four or five times.Then they turn into a chrysalis.

Chrysalis (pupa)

The chrysalis blends in with it's backgrounds. The butterflies also stay in the chrysalis for two weeks.

Adult

The adult butterfly crawls out of the chrysalis. Then it waits1 to 2 days until their wings are dry.

What Do Butterflies Need to Survive?

FoodHabitat

What Do Butterflies Eat?

Butterflies eat nectar and fruit. More often they eat nectar. They use there proboscis to eat.

Where Do Butterflies Live?

A butterfly lives in many places they live in grasslands, woods, mountains and rainforests. They mostly live in dry places.

This is Interesting!

Butterflies do not make houses. They live on trees or leaves, even a flower.

How do Butterfly's Bodies Help Them Survive?

ProboscisProboscis is the tube that they drink from and keep nectar on so that when they go to a new flower they can let it out. It uncoils and coils when it flies.

SpiraclesSpiracles are openings in their bodies that help the butterflies stay alive. They are not like us because we breathe through our mouths.

Antennae

The antennae are really important because it helps the butterfly smell. Not like us, we smell through our noses.

Feet

Butterflies use there feet to taste if the nectar has been tasted by another butterfly or not. If it was, she or he would not eat it.

Wings This is cool! A butterfly's wings are very delicate they need scales to help them survive and fly.

Eye

Butterflies can have compound eyes and singular eyes.

Interesting facts

Special Characteristics of Butterflies

Butterflies are the second largest lenders of pollen after bees. Also, butterflies can only see red, yellow, and green.

Migrating

A butterfly migrates over 25,000 miles in winter time. Isn't that cool?

Butterflies can't fly in cold weather. They have an ideal body temperature of about 85 degrees Fahrenheit in order to fly.

Most butterflies migrate, but some sleep during winter like grizzly bears.

Eye Spot There are different types of eye spot . The top wing is the dorsal (forewing). The bottom wing is called a hindwing.

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