OtterKnow Kids EncyclopediaButterflies are insects with big, colorful wings. They go through an amazing change during their life! Butterflies start as tiny eggs, become caterpillars, and then turn into beautiful winged creatures.
Butterflies have four large wings covered with tiny scales that make beautiful patterns. They come in many colors like orange, blue, yellow, and white. Butterflies have a long tongue like a straw that they use to drink from flowers.
Butterflies start life as tiny eggs. Then they become caterpillars that munch on leaves. The caterpillar makes a hard shell called a chrysalis. Inside, it changes into a beautiful butterfly! This amazing change is called metamorphosis.
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Butterflies drink nectar from flowers and help flowers grow by carrying pollen from one flower to another.
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Some butterflies travel thousands of miles to find warm weather.
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Butterflies taste with their feet, so they know if a leaf is good to eat just by standing on it!
