1. What do butterflies need to survive?
Butterfly Survival Needs
What do butterflies
need to survive?

2. Butterflies need lots of sunshine!

3. Rocks absorb heat from the sun. Butterflies bask in the warmth.
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Rocks absorb heat from the sun. Butterflies bask in the warmth.
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4. Thickets, bushes, or tall plants protect against wind and predators.

5.
Purple coneflowers, marigolds, asters, zinnias, hollyhocks, butterfly bushes bloom most of the summer providing nectar for adult butterflies.

6. Thistle, hollyhock, and sunflower for Painted Ladies
Milkweed for Monarchs
Thistle, hollyhock, and sunflower
for
Painted Ladies
has lots of pics of milkweed with monarch caterpillars
Dill and Parsley for Swallowtails

7. Butterflies need water and minerals from the soil.

8. Butterflies will drink the juice from slices of fresh fruit for their food.

9. Butterfly Survival Needs
Item
Example
Reason
A sunny spot
Flat rock
Bushes
Brightly colored nectar flowers in purple, orange, and yellow
Host Plants
Sand or soil found around puddles, lakes, or streams
Fruit Nectar/Juice