Butterflies Chrysalis Project Art 3 & 4

Parts of the Butterfly Birth of the Butterfly Life Cycles Where They Live

Butterfly Facts! Butterflies are flying insects with large scaly wings. They have 6 jointed legs, 3 body parts, 2 antennae, compound eyes, and an exoskeleton. The butterfly’s body is covered by tiny sensory hairs. It has FOUR wings.

Different Kinds of Butterflies

Butterflies don’t eat- they ONLY DRINK! They drink from flowers, rotten fruit, and even sweat or animal waste! Eating Habits

Some butterflies are even camouflaged to look like leaves! Butterflies close their wings when it’s not sunny out. Some butterflies such as the owl butterflies have large eye spots that can make them look scary to frighten predators away. The Monarch caterpillar feeds on milkweed so that the adult butterfly will be poisonous to birds.

Parts of the Butterfly Butterflies have scales, just like a fish! They have a long tubular tongue, smell with their antennae, and taste with their feet!

Birth of the Butterfly The Cocoon I found a cocoon That a caterpillar made, Fastened to a leaf Hanging in the shade. He barely had room To wiggle or wag, Like me zipped up In my sleeping bag. I looked each time That I passed his way, But he never budged Until just today. Something happened! He wagged and wiggled And then climbed out And carefully jiggled Small wet wings That grew as they dried. He'd turned to a butterfly Inside!

Painted Lady Butterfly Painted Lady Butterfly Vanessa cardui Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus Tiger Longwing Tiger Longwing Heliconius hecale Great Mormon Swallowtail Great Mormon Swallowtail Papilio memnon Owl Butterfly Owl Butterfly Caligo spp. Common Wood Nymph Cercyonis pegala Cercyonis pegala Julia Longwing Dryas julia Buckeye Butterfly Junonia coenia

Life Cycles There are four stages in a butterfly’s life cycle. 1)Egg 2)Caterpillar (Larva) 3)Pupa (Chrysalis) 4)Adult After butterflies mate, they lay their eggs, usually on a plant that can feed the caterpillars when they hatch. Caterpillars eat and eat until they are too big for their skin. Then they shed it for new skin. They do this 4-6 times as they grow up. Caterpillars transform into butterflies in the pupa stage. The pupa is called a chrysalis. Adult butterflies do best when they are warm, so some migrate to warmer places during the cold winter months.

A butterfly lives approximately one month.A butterfly lives approximately one month.

Assignment Requirements 1. Design a magazine cover with one or more stages of the butterfly: Egg Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly 2. Use a media that will compliment your piece (watercolor, colored pencil, acrylic paint, gel pen, pen and ink, chalk pastel, collage and/or Photoshop). 3. Consider the layout and composition of your subject matter as a magazine cover. 4. Make sure your subject matter is well designed, beautifully crafted and that you have complete work of art. 5. Include a focal point related to the Chrysalis and make sure your work is unified.

Past McQueen Covers

Salvador Dali Butterflies

Dali

Vladimir Kush Paintings