BUTTERFLY FACTS

Monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico, a distance of about 2,000 miles, and
return to the north again in the spring.

                       
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.


Some moths never eat anything as adults because they don't
have mouths. They must live on the energy they stored as
caterpillars.

                        
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.