Facts
↠ Many Caterpillars Eat 27,000 Times Their Own Body Weight.
↠ Painted Lady Butterflies Weigh Less Than a Paperclip.
↠ Butterfly wings, together with moths, are the only insects with scaly wings.
↠ There are more than 160,000 species of butterfly around the world.
↠ Special sensors on a butterfly or moths' feet allow the insect to taste their food.
↠ The North American black and orange Monarch Butterfly is the only insect known to be able to fly over 2500 miles.
↠ Butterflies transform themselves four times in their life, the process is called metamorphosis.
↠ Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.
↠ A group of butterflies is sometimes called a flutter.
↠ Only about 4% of the world’s species of butterflies are found in the US.
↠ Butterflies perform mimicry to better protect themselves from predators.
↠ Butterflies can see in green, yellow and red using the 6,000 lenses in their eyes.
↠ Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.
↠ Butterflies attach their eggs to leaves with a special glue.
↠ Many adult butterflies never excrete waste as they use up all they eat for energy.
↠ Chrysalises Can Produce Sounds to Scare Predators.
↠ Butterfly have four wings which are brightly coloured and patterned.
↠ When it rains butterflies seek shelter as their delicate wings can become torn from wind and heavy rainfall.
↠ The word “butterfly” comes from an old English term for butter churn, “buttorfleoge.”
↠ Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.
↠ The Largest Butterfly Is the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing with a wingspan of over 12 inches.
↠ Northern Pearly Eye is nocturnal as it flies at night.
↠ Butterflies Can See Ultraviolet Light.
↠ Painted Lady Butterflies Can Fly Up to 30 MPH.
↠ Butterflies do not sleep because they lack eyelids, but rest at night and can become inactive on cloudy days.
↠ Ancient Egyptian Frescoes Feature Butterflies.
↠ Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton.
↠ Butterflies Are Found on Every Continent Except Antarctica.
↠ The Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly Is Less Than the Diameter of a Quarter.
↠ A female butterfly may lay more than 100 eggs.
↠ Butterflies Have the Senses of Smell, Taste, and Touch.
↠ Painted Lady Butterflies Weigh Less Than a Paperclip.
↠ Butterfly wings, together with moths, are the only insects with scaly wings.
↠ There are more than 160,000 species of butterfly around the world.
↠ Special sensors on a butterfly or moths' feet allow the insect to taste their food.
↠ The North American black and orange Monarch Butterfly is the only insect known to be able to fly over 2500 miles.
↠ Butterflies transform themselves four times in their life, the process is called metamorphosis.
↠ Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.
↠ A group of butterflies is sometimes called a flutter.
↠ Only about 4% of the world’s species of butterflies are found in the US.
↠ Butterflies perform mimicry to better protect themselves from predators.
↠ Butterflies can see in green, yellow and red using the 6,000 lenses in their eyes.
↠ Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.
↠ Butterflies attach their eggs to leaves with a special glue.
↠ Many adult butterflies never excrete waste as they use up all they eat for energy.
↠ Chrysalises Can Produce Sounds to Scare Predators.
↠ Butterfly have four wings which are brightly coloured and patterned.
↠ When it rains butterflies seek shelter as their delicate wings can become torn from wind and heavy rainfall.
↠ The word “butterfly” comes from an old English term for butter churn, “buttorfleoge.”
↠ Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.
↠ The Largest Butterfly Is the Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing with a wingspan of over 12 inches.
↠ Northern Pearly Eye is nocturnal as it flies at night.
↠ Butterflies Can See Ultraviolet Light.
↠ Painted Lady Butterflies Can Fly Up to 30 MPH.
↠ Butterflies do not sleep because they lack eyelids, but rest at night and can become inactive on cloudy days.
↠ Ancient Egyptian Frescoes Feature Butterflies.
↠ Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton.
↠ Butterflies Are Found on Every Continent Except Antarctica.
↠ The Western Pygmy Blue Butterfly Is Less Than the Diameter of a Quarter.
↠ A female butterfly may lay more than 100 eggs.
↠ Butterflies Have the Senses of Smell, Taste, and Touch.
