2. By April Steed

3. Table of Contents What is a butterfly? Flying Butterfly life cycle Life cycle organization chart –EggEgg –LarvaLarva –PupaPupa –AdultAdult What does each stage of the life cycle look like?What does each stage of the life cycle look like? How long is each stage? –Pie chartPie chart What’s for dinner? Where do they live? Map of where butterflies live Survey – what’s your favorite kind of butterfly? Bar graph (largest vs. Smallest)

4. What is a Butterfly? A butterfly is a flying insect with large wings, three body parts, a pair of antennae The butterflies body is covered with tiny sensory hairs that guide the butterfly while flying and allow it to feel the environment

5. Flying The wings of their bodies are attached to the thorax, which is the mid-section of their bodies In order to fly, their body temperatures must be at least 86° As butterflies get older, their wings fade and become ragged They can fly between 5mph-30mph Butterflies are very good fliers because they have two pairs of large wings.

6. Butterfly life cycle Butterflies go through a series of 4 stages in order to become a butterfly

7. Life cycle of the butterfly egg Sits on leaves larva caterpillar Eats nothing but leaves pupa cocoon Hangs on the branch of a tree adult butterfly

8. What does each stage of the life cycle look like? Egg Larva (caterpillar) Pupa (cocoon) Adult (butterfly)

9. How long is each stage?

10. What’s for Dinner? Butterflies only sip liquids with their long, skinny tongues Most butterflies live off of the nectar from flowers; some sip the juice from rotting fruits or rotting animal flesh (ew!)

11. Where do they live? The place that they live is called their habitat Butterflies live all over the world and are found in all different types of environments -- hot and cold, dry and moist, at sea level and high in the mountains However, most butterflies are found in tropical areas, such as tropical rainforests Butterflies will sometimes migrate to avoid environmental conditions (extreme cold or hot weather)

12. Butterflies are found in North America, Central America, South America, Asia, Europe, and Antarctica

13. What’s your favorite kind of butterfly? 43 01 32 23 22

14. Smallest vs. Largest The largest butterfly is the Queen Alexandra Birdwing, which is 32 centimeters long.Queen Alexandra Birdwing The smallest butterfly is the Western Pygmy blue, which is 1.5 centimeters long.