Interesting+Facts

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12-5-10 by so514

1) There are about 28,000 species of butterflies in the world

2) Butterflies can only fly if the temperature is less than 86 degrees.

3) Butterflies tend to breed mostly in the tropics.

4) Butterflies weigh as little as two rose petals not much really.

5) Some butterflies aren't all nector loving. Some butterflies like the Red Admiral Butterfly only feeds on rotten fruits.

6) Some Butterflies - like the Monarch Butterfly - produce toxins that discourage predators from feeding upon them. In the Monarch's case, the toxin production is aided by the Milkweed on which it usully feeds.

7) Some moths don't eat at all when they are adults because they dont have mouths! So they have to feed on food that they ate when they were a caterpillar.

8) Female Queen Alexandra butterflies, from Papua and New Guina are the largest in theworld,sometimes their wing span can be 26cm, impressive.

9) The atlas moth, one of the largest silk moths, can sometimes be mistaken by a flying bat in the sky.

10) Night butterflies have ears on their wings so they can avoid bats.

11)Caterpillars are boneles,But have over 1000 mucsles!The mucsles help the caterpillar to move quikly to reach its next feasting place or to hide from predators.

From http://direkbutterflygarden.wikispaces.com/Interesting+Facts 12/5/10 by cb414 In South Australia we have 74 speices of butterflies and South America have 8000!