BUTTERFLIES Vicky

The colour of a normal butterfly are bright colours. The size of a butterfly is from 6cm to 30cm. A butterflies body is made up of six joined legs, 3 body parts, a pair of antennae, compound eyes and an exoskeleton.

Butterflies live all over the world except Antarctica and the harshest deserts. Many butterflies live in tropical climate in like Hawaii and Mexico.

Butterflies start their life as an egg. Then it hatches into a caterpillar/larva. Before they turn into a pupa/chrysalis. Then they emerge as an adult butterfly.

Butterflies do not eat at all. They just drink nectar from any old flower. A butterfly's enemies are wasps, ants, parasitic flies, birds, snakes, toads, rats, lizards, dragonflies and even spiders eat butterflies.

Butterflies are different than moths because they fly during the day. Moths fly during the night in the darkness. Depending on the type of butterfly they can live between a week and a year before dying. They estimate that there are around 20,000 different types of butterflies.