butterflies achieve 3000 article “what butterflies can tell us”
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Butterflies
Achieve 3000 Article“What Butterflies Can Tell Us”
Why Butterflies?
• Why are we concerned about the butterfly?
Why Butterflies?
• How might climate change affect migration patterns?
Why Butterflies?
• What might cause a butterfly population to decline?
Some facts about butterflies• Butterflies are
Arthropods that undergo complete metamorphosis
• Egg, larva (caterpillars), pupa (chrysalis) and adult
Some facts about butterflies• Butterflies have
taste receptors on their feet
• Butterflies have four wings
• Most butterflies feed on nectar from flowers
Some facts about butterflies
• Monarchs eat poisonous milkweed for protection from predators
• Viceroy butterfly mimics appearance monarch for protection
• Every year monarch butterflies will migrate a great distance - sometimes over 4,000 km!
Why Butterflies?
• Butterflies have a very short life cycle therefore they are sensitive to environmental changes
• Species counts can provide information about the environment