BUTTERFLIES
Insect         -       Invertebrate       -   Herbivore
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CARNIVOROUS CATERPILLAR
 
​There are 24,000 species of butterflies
  • Have a lifecycle is in four parts:
  •     -    Egg
  •     -    Larva (caterpillars)
  •     -    Pupa (chrysalis)
  •     -    Adult butterfly
  • Most caterpillars are herbivores
  • Have four wings
  • Have 12,000 eyes each
  • A female butterfly has a second stomach attached to its vagina
  • Have two compound eyes consisting of thousands of lenses, but can only see the colours red, green and yellow
  • Feed on nectar from flowers and in order to supplement this diet, it will occasionally sip from mud puddles
  • Taste with their feet
  • Can fly at 12 miles per hour
  • Cannot fly if its body temperature is less than 86 degrees
  • A newly emerged butterfly cannot fly
  • The original name for Butterflies was actually 'fluttery'
  • Have hairs on their wings used to detect changes in air pressure
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CHRYSALIS


Male  ...........................  Butterfly
Female  ......................  Butterfly
Young   .......................  Caterpillar.  Larva.  Pupa.  Chrysalis
SIMILE
  1. As gaudy as a butterfly
IDIOMS, METAPHORS AND EXPRESSIONS
  1. Butterflies in one's stomach
  2. Break a butterfly on a wheel
  3. Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?

COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Caterpillars
  1. An army of caterpillars
  2. A constituency of caterpillars

Butterflies
  1. A flight of butterflies 
  2. A flutter of butterflies
  3. A kaleidoscope of butterflies
  4. A rabble of butterflies
  5. A rainbow of butterflies
  6. A shimmer of butterflies
  7. A swarm of butterflies
  8. A wing of butterflies
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CATERPILLAR