1. By Tommy and Suzy Grade 2 class (sample power point)

5.  Found in Mexico through to Bolivia ; in primary and secondary rainforests  There are 5 species of Agrias  like to eat decomposing fruit and rotting fish  The are active only when it is hot out  Many bright colors: yellow, orange and blue

7.  Found in North America  20-30 species; 6 in North America  Live in open deciduous woodlands  Eat sap, dung, carrion, fermenting fruit, aphid secretions and flower nectar  dark colors; mostly a dark blue with hints of orange on the fore wing and color fades to the hind wing.

8.  Every butterfly has a special wing pattern  If you fold a butterflies wings together, the patterns are the same on both sides  In math class, this is called symmetry.  Butterflies use their patterns to blend into the environment for protection from birds and other animals who eat them  If you rub your fingers over the pattern on a butterfly wing, the pattern comes off and the butterfly can’t fly anymore.

10.  Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.  Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.  Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees.  Many butterflies can taste with their feet to find out whether the leaf they sit on is good to lay eggs on to be their caterpillars' food or not.  Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton. This protects the insect and keeps water inside their bodies so they don’t dry out.  Butterflies don't have lungs.  Butterflies smell with their antennae.