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Does a Butterfly Need Its Mom?

Does a Butterfly Need Its Mom?. I need my mom to take care of me. A butterfly’s mom is gone before it hatches. Who takes care of the butterfly?. How Does a Butterfly Find Food?. A butterfly uses its proboscis to suck nectar from a flower. Instinct tells the butterfly which flowers to select.

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Does a Butterfly Need Its Mom?

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  1. Does a Butterfly Need Its Mom? I need my mom to take care of me. A butterfly’s mom is gone before it hatches. Who takes care of the butterfly?

  2. How Does a Butterfly Find Food? • A butterfly uses its proboscis to suck nectar from a flower. • Instinct tells the butterfly which flowers to select.

  3. How Does a Butterfly Migrate? • To migrate means to travel to a new place if weather or mating calls for change. Instinct tells a butterfly where to go.

  4. How Does a Butterfly Mate? • A butterfly needs to find a mate. • Certain smells help a butterfly find a mate.

  5. How Does a Butterfly Know Where to Lay Eggs? • Instinct tells a butterfly which plant to choose to lay its eggs. The eggs change to larva, and then caterpillars. The plant will provide food.

  6. A Butterfly Uses Instinct • I have learned that a butterfly uses instinct to find food, migrate and lay eggs. • A butterfly does not need its mom. • I need my mom because my instinct is not as strong as a butterfly’s instinct.

  7. Comprehension Worksheet • 1. Does a butterfly need its mom? • 2. ____________ means to travel for food or better weather. • 3. Instinct helps the butterfly find a ____________ to lay its eggs. • 4. The larva will eat the leaves of this _____________. • 5. My instinct is/ is not as strong as a butterfly’s instinct.

  8. Works Cited • Butterflies • Butterflies and Moths • Insect Lore • encarta.msn.com • http:/www.butterflies.com/garden.htm • http://www.introweb.com/butterfly/ • http://www.fmnh.org/butterfly/resource3.htm

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