Show:
Caterpillar Body Parts
Caterpillars Life
Butterfly Body Parts
Butterfly's Life
The Life Cycle
100
What are the two names of the different caterpillar legs?
true legs and false legs or true legs and prolegs
100
What kind of food did our caterpillars eat?
Mallow plant
100
How many legs does a butterfly have?
six
100
Where does the butterfly lay her eggs?
on leaves
100
How do all butterflies begin their lives?
as eggs
200
How many eyes does a caterpillar have?
12
200
What do caterpillars make to attach themselves when they are ready to hang?
silk button
200
What is something special that a butterfly can do with it's feet?
taste
200
What does a butterfly use it's proboscis for?
for drinking nectar
200
What does a butterfly leave behind when it grows?
skin
300
What lets a caterpillar walk up the walls of the bin?
The suction cups on the false legs (or prolegs)
300
What happens to the caterpillar's skin when it grows?
The caterpillars shed their skin to reveal new skin underneath
300
What is the name of a butterfly's tongue?
proboscis
300
Why do butterflies mate?
so that the female butterfly can lay eggs
300
What shape does a butterfly make when it hangs?
J shape
400
How do the bristles on a caterpillar help it?
The bristles make it hard for a bird to swallow a caterpillar.
400
What are the only 2 things that caterpillars can see?
light and dark
400
Name the three parts of the butterfly's body
head, thorax, abdomen
400
What do the butterly's wings look like when it first emerges from the chrysalis?
wet and wrinkled
400
What is the name of the butterfly's coccoon?
chrysalis
500
What does the caterpillar use it's spiracles for?
Breathing
500
What is a caterpillar doing when it moves it's head from side to side?
spinning silk
500
What does a butterfly use it's antenna for?
to smell
500
What is on a butterfly's wings that give it color?
scales
500
How many days does a butterfly stay in the chrysalis?
7-10 days