Transcript garden butterfly

Butterfly Garden
7th Grade Science
Butterfly Journey
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=6JpLR2hpfSk
• http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/galleries/2013/monarch_ani
mation_fall2013_roosts.html
Butterflies
• Important pollinators, 2nd only to bees!
• Coldblooded so they cannot fly if they are
cold
– ideal body temperature is 85 degrees
• They taste with their feet
• They drink nectar from flowers with their
proboscis
• They also drink from mud puddles to get
minerals and salts, it’s called puddling
• Sensitive to environmental changes and are
great indictors of ecosystem health
Butterfly Lifecycle
• https://www.youtube’.com/watch?v=7AUeM8MbaIk
Environmental Concerns
• Habitat Loss
– The reduction of a normal habitat
making it unable to support the wildlife
that live there
• Habitat Degradation
– Invasive species
– mowing
• Pesticides
What You Can Do?
• Improve and Restore Habitat
• Make your yard butterfly friendly
• Preserve, Conserve, and Appreciate Habitat
• Mow less to allow natural plants to establish
• Participate in Inventories to Help Monitor Their
Status
Planning For Your Site
• Location
• Sun exposure
• Protection from high winds
• Proximity to other plants
• Access to water
Garden Design
• Size
• Elements
– Soil
– Plants
– Areas (should contain)
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Rock/pebble area
Patches of plants
Puddle area
Grassy area