Animals: Missouri Butterflies
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| Animals: Missouri Butterflies |
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Description:
| These sites are about butterflies found in Missouri, including brush-footed butterflies, skippers, swallowtails, and sulphurs. Learn about their life cycle, characteristics, and defense mechanisms. Watch a movie that shows a metamorphosis of a caterpillar into a butterfly. There are links to eThemes Resources on butterflies and the migration of monarchs. |
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Grade Level:
| 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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Resource Links:
| The Butterfly Life Cycle
This site covers the four stages and includes pictures of the butterfly's life: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
The Butterfly House
Part of the Missouri Botanical Gardens, the Butterfly House is home to a wide variety of butterflies. Take a virtual tour of the house, read about the different programs they offer, and view many photographs.
Butterflies and Moths of Missouri
This site has photographs and brief facts about butterfly species in Missouri.
Fact Monster: Butterfly
Read a short encyclopedia entry about butterflies. Use the links at the bottom to read more about the coloration and the metamorphosis of this insect. NOTE: This site includes banner ads.
All About Butterflies
This site has information about all aspects of butterflies. Includes an illustrated butterfly dictionary and various classroom activities.
Painted Lady
This page has four links with general information about this common species found in Missouri.
Great Spangled Fritillary
This page has four links with general information about this common species found in Missouri.
BioKIDS: Brush-Footed Butterflies Information
This site has a profile and facts about brush-footed butterflies. Includes pictures and information about the painted lady.
BioKIDS: Skippers Information
This site has a profile and facts about skippers. Includes pictures with captions.
BioKIDS: Whites and Sulphurs Information
This site has information about Eastern whites and sulphurs' physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and growth.
BioKIDS: Swallowtails Information
This site has a profile and facts about swallowtail butterflies.
BioKIDS: Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues Information
This site has facts, pictures, and information about coppers, hairstreaks, and blues' physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and growth.
Encarta: Butterflies and Moths
This encyclopedia entry has an article about the natural history, habitat, and behavior of butterflies. The multimedia items include movies of a monarch's metamorphosis and emergence from its chrysalis. To access these, click on "28 items," then click on the photos that have a camera icon on them. NOTE: The site includes ads.
Life Cycles
Use these printable worksheets to better understand the life cycles of different animals, including butterflies. NOTE: This site includes Google ads.
eThemes Resources: Butterflies & The Monarch Migration
These sites are about butterflies with images and distributions of various species. The sites explain wildlife migration, why it occurs, and who does it. Learn about monarch butterflies and their annual migration.
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Education Standards:
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MO Standards:
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 2.1, 1, 3, 4, 3, 4
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