Saturday, September 5, 2015

Facts About Butterflies #5

The facts below are thanks to www.learnaboutnature.com.

Did you know?
Some Case Moth caterpillars (Psychidae) build a case around themselves that they always carry with them. It is made of silk and pieces of plants or soil.

Did you know?
Some moths never eat anything as adults because they don't have mouths. They must live on the energy they stored as caterpillars.

Butterfly quote for today: "Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works." – Alma Gluck

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Butterfly Breeds - the Ulysses Butterfly

This is one butterfly that is a truly amazing colour. I can't get over the blue!

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The Ulysses Butterfly is found in tropical rainforsets. It is a large swallowtail butterfly and is blue and black in colour. It may commonly be known as the Blue Mountain Butterfly.

These butterflies feed on nectar from flowers and at the same time pollinate them. Their wingspan is quite large at around 14cm.

Butterfly quote for today: "Metamorphosis has always been the greatest symbol of change for poets and artists. Imagine that you could be a caterpillar one moment and a butterfly the next." – Louie Schwartzberg

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Facts About Butterflies #4

The facts below are thanks to www.learnaboutnature.com.

Did you know?
 The top butterfly flight speed is 12 miles per hour. Some moths can fly 25 miles per hour!

Did you know?
Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.

Butterfly quote for today: "As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people." – Joseph B. Wirthlin

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Facts About Butterflies #3

The facts below are thanks to www.learnaboutnature.com.

Did you know?
 Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees Fahrenheit.

Did you know?
Monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about 2,000 miles, and return to the north again in the spring.

Butterfly quote for today: "Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone loves." – Drew Barrymore

Monday, August 24, 2015

Facts About Butterflies #2

The facts below are thanks to www.learnaboutnature.com.

Did you know?The Brimstone butterfly (Gonepterix rhamni) has the longest lifetime of the adult butterflies: 9-10 months.

Did you know?
There are about 24,000 species of butterflies. The moths are even more numerous: about 140,000 species of them were counted all over the world.

Butterfly quote for today: "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls a butterfly." – Richard Bach

Saturday, August 22, 2015

Facts About Butterflies #1

The facts below are thanks to www.learnaboutnature.com.
Did you know?
Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton. This protects the insect and keeps water inside their bodies so they don’t dry out.

Did you know?
Many butterflies can taste with their feet to find out whether the leaf they sit on is good to lay eggs on to be their caterpillars' food or not.

Butterfly quote for today: “There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly." – R. Buckminster Fuller

Butterfly Facts for Kids

Common Blue Butterfly Thanks to http://all-free-download.com/free-photos/ 

Stick around and you’ll witness this site growing. Questions such as:
  • What do butterflies eat?
  • How do I make an origami butterfly?
  • What are yellow butterflies called?
These will be considered and addressed and links will be provided for further reading. Stay tuned!


Today’s butterfly quote: "What’s a butterfly garden without butterflies?" – Roy Rogers