Butterflies

Habitat:

Butterflies live in many parts of the world.

In Australia, they live in bushland, farmlands and home gardens.

Description:

Butterflies have six legs, two antennae and four

wings. They can fly, walk, climb and eat.

Food:

Butterflies drink sweet nectar from flowers, using their long tongue (called a proboscis). Caterpillars eat leaves.

Praying mantises and birds eat Butterflies.

Life Cycle:

1st There is an egg.

2nd The egg hatches into a Caterpillar.

3rd The Caterpillar becomes a pupa.

4th A new Butterfly emerges from the pupa.

5th The Adult Butterflies begin to mate.

6th They lay eggs.

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