Butterfly and Moth Internet
Hunt part 2
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To know them is to love them -
1. Males and females of this butterfly are different colors.
2. These butterflies have a hairy fat body.
3. These butterflies have powdery scales on their wings.
4. These butterflies are tiny (nickel size) and have strings tails.
5. These butterflies look like they have only 4 legs.
6. This butterfly's caterpillar has large fake eyes.
7. This moth caterpillar cocoons in a bag covered with bits of needles.
8. These butterflies are blue on the top and grey underneath.
9. These caterpillars eat all the leaves on a tree.
10. This butterfly migrates south each year.
11. A large, bright yellow butterfly with black stripes.
12. A very large moth that is brown and white.
13. A yellow butterfly with no black stripes.
14. A small white butterfly whose caterpillar eats broccoli plants.
15. Butterfly with fat hairy body with a big white spot on the hind wing.
16. This butterfly is orange and cooper colored like a penny.
17. A Red Admiral butterfly has what colors?
18. Check out this Polyphemus Moth. What marks do you notice on the wings? They explain the name. Who was Polyphemus?
Challenges:
How long is the thread of a Bombyx mori, commonly called a silkworm, caterpillar's cocoon?
Approximately how many football fields long is that? (Hint: A football field is 100 yards long.)
Trace the Monarch Butterfly's lineage.
Make some observations at The Butterfly Conservatory of the American Museum of Natural History
Butterfly online crossword puzzle
Fields and Meadows:
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