1. Katie Santorelli 1st Grade, Science
All About Butterflies
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Katie Santorelli
1st Grade, Science

2. Butterflies
Butterflies are beautiful insects that can fly. There is a lot to know about butterflies! We can learn about their life cycle, fun facts and other interesting information about them! Click on the links below to jump ahead and find out more about butterflies!
Vocabulary List
Life Cycle of Butterflies
Caterpillar and Butterfly Defense Mechanisms
Multiple Choice Question
Different Types of Butterflies
Fun Facts about Butterflies
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3. Vocabulary List
Pollen: the substance that causes plants to form seeds. Predators: any animal that lives by preying on other animals. Shed: get rid of hair, skin, horn, or feathers. Characteristics: a quality of a person or object. Poisonous: anything that harms or destroys Odor: smell Threatened: likely in the near future to become endangered.
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4. Life Cycle of Butterflies
Butterflies go through four different stages throughout their lives. These four stages include: egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa), and butterfly (adult). Let’s learn about each stage a butterfly goes through!
1. Egg
2. Caterpillar
3. Chrysalis
4. Butterfly
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5. Egg
Before a butterfly is born, they start out in a little, tiny egg. The mother puts the egg on a leaf or stem so when the egg hatches, the caterpillar has food to eat.
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Caterpillar (Larva)
After the egg has hatched, the caterpillar, also known as the larva, begins to start their feeding and growth stage. The caterpillar is long like a worm and has patterns or stripes. They can even feel fuzzy! The caterpillar sheds its skin more than four times because it is growing so quickly!
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Chrysalis (Pupa)
Next, is the chrysalis, which can also be called the pupa. This is the resting and changing stage for the caterpillar. During this time, the caterpillar changes and forms the characteristics a butterfly has. The chrysalis is usually brown or green so it blends in with trees, branches and leaves. This protects them.
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Butterfly (Adult)
Finally, a butterfly arrives! The butterfly will crawl out of the chrysalis and have its wings stuck to them. When the butterfly first comes out, they need to rest so they can learn to fly. After a lot of practice, butterflies can fly. They are very colorful and you see them mostly in the summer and spring!
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9. Caterpillar and Butterfly Defense Mechanisms
Caterpillars
Can be poisonous to predators
Camouflage into their backgrounds (leaves, plants, trees)
Eyespots: some caterpillars have a marking on their bodies that make it look like they are a bigger and more dangerous animal and that scares them away.
Bad smells: some caterpillars form a bad odor when they feel threatened and that can turn away predators.
Hiding: caterpillars can hide in a folded leaf or other hiding spots to hide from predators
Butterflies
Camouflage into their backgrounds and can be mistaken for a dead leaf.
Butterflies can be poisonous. If a predator eats a poisonous butterfly, they will get very sick which will teach them to stay away from these types of insects.
Flying: When a butterfly feels threatened, they are able to fly away. The fastest butterfly can fly up to 30 mph and the slowest can fly up to 5 mph!
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10. Different Types of Butterflies
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Monarch Painted Lady Viceroy Red-Spotted Purple Buckeye Zebra Longwing
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11. Monarch
These butterflies are the most common that we see in the spring and summer! The Monarch butterfly is black and orange. In the winter, they travel down to Mexico to stay warm.
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12. Painted Lady
This butterfly can also be called the thistle butterfly. The wings of the Painted Lady are orange and brown. At the upper corners of the wings, there are white and black spots.
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13. Viceroy
Like the Monarch butterfly, the Viceroy butterfly has black and orange wings. The difference between the two is that the Viceroy butterfly is much smaller than the Monarch.
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14. Red-Spotted Purple
This butterfly is one of the fastest butterflies out there! You can usually find them sitting in gardens or rotting fruits. They have a lot of different colors on them. The top of the wings are blue with red and white spots. The bottom of the wings are reddish brown with orange spots.
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15. Buckeye
This butterfly can be seen in the United States and in Mexico. This butterfly has brown and orange wings with spots on them that look like eyes. This protects them from predators.
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16. Zebra Longwing
This type of butterfly is one of the longest living butterflies. They have black and white stripes just like a zebra! They can be found in both Mexico and the United States. Zebra Longwings like to eat pollen.
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17. Fun Facts About Butterflies
Butterflies taste with their feet
Butterflies cannot fly if it is too cold out.
Butterflies do not have a mouth.
Butterflies can only see the colors: green, red and yellow.
Butterflies skeletons are on the outside of their bodies. This is so the water stays inside of them and they do not dry out.
Butterflies need sun to fly.
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18. What is the correct order of the butterfly life cycle?
Chrysalis (Pupa), Butterfly (Adult), Egg, Caterpillar (Larva)
Egg, Caterpillar (Larva), Chrysalis (Pupa), Butterfly (Adult)
Butterfly (Adult), Caterpillar (Larva), Chrysalis (Pupa), Egg
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Butterflies can not start their life cycle out in the chrysalis because they form the chrysalis after they are a caterpillar and before they are a butterfly!
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20. The life cycle of a butterfly goes through these four stages in order:
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The life cycle of a butterfly goes through these four stages in order:
Egg
Caterpillar (Larva)
Chrysalis (Pupa)
Butterfly (Adult)
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Butterflies start out as a small egg and go through three other stages before they enter the final stage, the butterfly (adult) stage!
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22. The End!
The next time you see a butterfly, tell a friend all of the new information you learned about them!
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