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BUTTERFLIES

BEAUTY IN FLIGHT

Moth or butterfly?

t’s a flower! It’s a bird! It’s a

butterfly!

While

butterflies may look like flying flowers, they

are living insects.

Scientists estimate that there

are 12,000 to 15,000 species of

butterflies in the world.

Butterflies can be found on all continents

except one. Write the letter that comes before

each letter below to reveal that continent.

I

A World of Delight

thorax

antenna

abdomen

proboscis

eye

forewing

hindwing

A butterfly

has a coiled

proboscis for

drinking liquids

such as flower

nectar.

Butterfly

wings are

covered with

colored

scales.

Butterflies are colorful insects

with long, clubbed antennae

that fly during the day.

Moths fly at night and lack

clubs at the end of their

antennae. Some moths have

antennae that look almost

like feathers.

Are butterflies poisonous?

Some butterflies, such as the monarch

and pipe-vine swallowtail, eat

poisonous plants as caterpillars

and are poisonous themselves

as adult butterflies. Birds learn

not to eat them.

A butterfly can fly at

a top speed of

miles per hour.

6 + 3 + 5 - 2 =

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