Transcript Does a Butterfly Need Its Mom? - Etiwanda E

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