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Want to learn more about butterflies and moths?
  • Butterflies vs. Moths: Do you know the differences between
    them?

  • Amazing Bodies: Are butterflies and moths like other insects? What makes their wings so colorful? What do their antennae do?

  • Life Cycle: What are the stages of a butterfly’s life? Where do they lay their eggs? Do butterflies migrate? What do butterflies do with that long, coiled tongue?

  • Camouflage and Mimicry: How do butterflies hide from their predators? Why do some have “eyespots” on their wings? Why does the viceroy butterfly look so much like the monarch?

  • Conservation: How have human beings become a threat to butterflies and moths? What can you do to help them?











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Birdwing
Ornithoptera priamus

Plate 16. Edward Donovan, Natural History of the Insects of India. London,1842.


 


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