1. Does a Butterfly Need Its Mom? I need my mom to take care of me. A butterfly’s mom is gone before it hatches. Who takes care of the butterfly?

2. How Does a Butterfly Find Food? A butterfly uses its proboscis to suck nectar from a flower. Instinct tells the butterfly which flowers to select.

3. How Does a Butterfly Migrate? To migrate means to travel to a new place if weather or mating calls for change. Instinct tells a butterfly where to go.

4. How Does a Butterfly Mate? A butterfly needs to find a mate. Certain smells help a butterfly find a mate.

5. How Does a Butterfly Know Where to Lay Eggs? Instinct tells a butterfly which plant to choose to lay its eggs. The eggs change to larva, and then caterpillars. The plant will provide food.

6. A Butterfly Uses Instinct I have learned that a butterfly uses instinct to find food, migrate and lay eggs. A butterfly does not need its mom. I need my mom because my instinct is not as strong as a butterfly’s instinct.

7. Comprehension Worksheet 1. Does a butterfly need its mom? 2. ____________ means to travel for food or better weather. 3. Instinct helps the butterfly find a ____________ to lay its eggs. 4. The larva will eat the leaves of this _____________. 5. My instinct is/ is not as strong as a butterfly’s instinct.

8. Works Cited Butterflies Butterflies and Moths Insect Lore encarta.msn.com http:/www.butterflies.com/garden.htm http://www.introweb.com/butterfly/ http://www.fmnh.org/butterfly/resource3.ht m