10 Amazing Facts About Butterflies
Flutter by with these beautiful bug facts!
Butterflies taste with their feet! They stand on a leaf to check if it's yummy for their babies.
A butterfly drinks nectar through a long straw-like tongue called a proboscis.
Their wings are covered in thousands of tiny colored scales β that's what makes the patterns!
A butterfly goes through four stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly.
Monarch butterflies migrate up to 4,000 km β one of the longest insect journeys on Earth!
Butterflies can see ultraviolet light, which is invisible to human eyes.
If it's too cold, a butterfly can't fly β its wing muscles need warmth to work.
The biggest butterfly in the world, Queen Alexandra's birdwing, is as big as a dinner plate!
Most adult butterflies live only a few weeks β so every fluttery day counts.
A group of butterflies is called a flutter!