FUN FACTS ABOUT BUTTERFLIES!!!

• There are about 28,000 known butterfly species throughout the world

• Butterflies cannot fly if their body temperature is less than 86 degrees

• As a caterpillar, they will increase up to several thousand times in size before pupating (process in which caterpillars transform into adult butterflies in a structure called a chrysalis )

• What is the difference between MOTHS and BUTTERFLIES?????

• MOTHS-- fly at night, have feathered antennae, and rest with their wings open

• BUTTERFLIES-- Fly during the day, have knob-ended antennae, and rest with their wings closed
  

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