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Butterflies are insects.
Life Cycle of a Butterfly:
Butterflies have six legs.
Butterflies have a hard
outer skeleton (exoskeleton).
Butterflies have 3 body
sections:
Can you find the Head, Thorax, and Abdomen?
Butterflies have wings.
2 forewings (front) and 2 hind wings (back). The tiny scales attached to butterfly
wings give the wings their color.
Butterflies drink with a
long straw like tongue called a proboscis.
Butterflies lay eggs. Look at these different kind of butterfly
eggs: Black Swallowtail-
Hackberry Emperor
Cabbage White Butterfly
Imperial White
Orchard Swallowtail
Monarch
Long Tailed Skipper
Guava Skipper
Painted Lady
Caterpillars hatching out of eggs. They will eat the leftover egg case.
Do you see the tiny
caterpillars?
This caterpillar is
getting ready to go into a chrysalis.
These caterpillars are
hanging in a “J” shape. Soon they will shed
their skin for the last time.
A chrysalis (pupa)!
Look how dark these chrysalises
are.
Insects use spiracles (air tubes) to breathe.
The tiny ovals outlined faintly in white
between the broken white lines are the spiracles through which this Painted Lady larva
breathes.
Butterflies have taste sensors on their
legs. This is a close up picture of a taste
sensor on the foot of a butterfly.
We are going to make a story webpage
about a butterfly. You and your buddy will write this story
together. Use your story web to get ideas.
We are going to make a story webpage
about your butterfly.
Search here:
Don’t forget to write your names on your
webpage.
Use adjectives to describe your butterfly(ies) in your story. Write at least 6 sentences describing your butterfly.
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