Butterflies

Butterfly facts:

How to distinguish a moth from a butterfly:

1. Butterflies have slender antenna while moths have "feathery" antennae.
2. Butterflies hold their wings together and upright over their backs while moths hold their like a tent over their furry bodies.

How long do butterflies live?
Average is 2-4 weeks. A swallowtail lives 6-14 days and a monarch butterfly lives 7-9 months.

Butterflies do not sleep. They rest in quiet and dark.

Butterflies "taste" with their feet.

The minimum temperature for a butterfly to be able to fly is 60 degrees F. They are most active at 80 degrees.

There are 750 species of butterflies in North America.