Butterflies+by+Helena

**Butterflies**

What does a butterfly look like? The butterfly’s body has hair all over it. Also it has long antennae, soft wings, tickly legs and a proboscis. It drinks nectar through this. It curls up when it’s not being used.

Butterfly’s predators The butterfly’s predators are praying mantises, ants, flies, birds, wasps, snakes, rats, toads, lizards and spiders. Predator means the animals that kill and attack.

















Butterfly's habitats

utterfly’s habitats are in different places like flowers with nectar, gardens, wetlands, the right sort of leaf and most of all the rainforest because there are lots of flowers and it’s warm. Habitat means their home.

How does a butterfly eat? Butterflies eat nectar and juice from fruit. Special features of butterflies Butterfly’s wings are much bigger than a moth’s wings. Some butterflies are poisonous. Nectar from flowers gives the butterfly energy.

How can a butterfly move and what does it do? A muscle in the thorax helps it fly. Thorax means the butterfly’s middle part. Also the proboscis helps the butterfly to drink nectar and it is like a straw.

Butterfly’s life cycle The butterfly lays her eggs on a plant leaf. When the baby caterpillars hatch, their first meal is their own shell. Then they shed their skins three times or maybe four. Next it turns into a pupa. Then the pupa rips and the butterfly gets out.Now the blood goes flowing into the butterfly’s wings and it gets ready to fly. Also the butterfly’s wings are really soft.