Butterflies

Butterflies are insects that live in almost every part of the world. Ther are more than fifteen thousand differnet kinds. They have two pairs of colorful wings nad long feelers, or antennae (an-TEN-na-), growing on their abtebbae for touching nad smelling. Butterflies feed on a sugary liguid called nectar, which they collect form flowers.

Did you know?

The smallest butterflies are less than half an inch wide, which is about the size of a house fly.

Queen Alexandra"s birdwing, the largest butterfly in the world, is 11 inches wide across its wings. That is bigger than a small bird.

Every winter, monarch butterflies in Canada escape the cold by traveling 2000 miles to Mexico.