Butterflies

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Butterflies

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Table of Contents

• Eggs....3
• Larva/caterpillar4
• Cocoons....5
• Butterfly.. .6
• Extreme facts..7
• Diagram...8

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Eggs

• Butterfly eggs are smaller than 1 cm.
• Butterflies lay 1-6 eggs.
• Butterflies lay their eggs on milkweed.
• Monarch eggs are yellow when they are laid and
  turn clear.

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Larva/Caterpillar

• Larva are mostly brown.
• Larva grow fast.
• Larva eat a lot.
• Larva grow to be an inch.
• Larva are active.
• Larva make webbing.

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Cocoons hang from trees. Cocoons are mostly brown
but sometimes gold. There are sometimes spikes
on cocoons.

Cocoons
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Butterflies

• Butterflies have two wings.
• Butterflies have powder on the top sides of their
  wings.
• Butterflies have three parts to their body, head,
  thorax, and abdomen.
• Butterflies have two antenna.

Monarch Butterfly
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Extreme Facts

• Butterfly wings are made up of scales!
• Some butterflies only live for one day!
• Butterflies taste with their feet!
• Butterflies have a tongue-like thing proboscis
  that sucks nectar to its body!

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Diagrams
Scale
Wings
Butterfly Scales-5000x
Head
Scales
Butterfly Scales-220x
Abdomen
Thorax
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My Wonderings

• How much does a butterfly Weigh? How many scales
  does a butterfly have?
• How many butterflies are in the world?
• How many kinds of butterflies are in the world?

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Quiz
1.What color are Monarch Butterfly eyes? 2.How
many eggs does a butterfly lay? 3.What makes up a
butterflies wings?

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Bibliography
Author of Presentation Liam Patrick 1.
Schwartz,David. Monarch Butterfly. Hunting
BeachCreative Teaching, Inc, 1999 2. 1st
Fischer-Nagel,Heiderose et al. Life of the
Butterfly. LucerneCarolrhoda Books,1983 3.
Llewellyn,Claire. The Best Book of Bugs.New York
Scholastic,1998