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• Frequently Asked Questions About Butterflies
• Interdependence of Butterflies and Flowers
• Silverspot Butterfly Project
• What You Can Do to Help Local Butterfly Populations

 

BUTTERFLY FACTS

• Female butterflies usually are bigger and live longer than male butterflies.

• A butterfly has compound eyes: each eye is made up of about 6,000 tiny parts called lenses, which let in light.

• The Queen Alexandras birdwing from the island of New Guinea is the largest butterfly; it can have a wingspan of 11 inches!

• Most butterflies make no sound, but some in Florida and Texas make a loud clicking sound with their wings.

• Butterflies do not get bigger as they age - a young butterfly is a caterpillar!

• The female moth produces a scent that a male moth can smell a mile away.

• Butterflies are related to crabs and lobsters! Why? Because like those sea creatures, butterflies have skeletons on the outside of their bodies. Theyre arthropods: insects, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes and arachnids.

• Butterflies weigh only as much as two rose petals, but can fly thousands of miles.

• Butterflies cant hear, but they can feel vibrations.

• Caterpillars are not worms. Caterpillars have legs; worms do not.
  

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