1. Achieve 3000 Article “What Butterflies Can Tell Us”

2. Why Butterflies?
Why are we concerned about the butterfly?

3. Why Butterflies?
How might climate change affect migration patterns?

4. Why Butterflies?
What might cause a butterfly population to decline?

5. Some facts about butterflies
Butterflies are Arthropods that undergo complete metamorphosis
Egg, larva (caterpillars), pupa (chrysalis) and adult

6. Some facts about butterflies
Butterflies have taste receptors on their feet
Butterflies have four wings
Most butterflies feed on nectar from flowers

7. 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!

8. Why Butterflies?
Butterflies have a very short life cycle therefore they are sensitive to environmental changes
Species counts can provide information about the environment