| The tiger swallowtail
butterfly is black and yellow. Its wing span is about 4.5-3.5 inches. |
| This butterfly does not
live as long as you think. They only live for about one month. You
might think that's a short time but to a butterfly that's a pretty
long time. |
| They live in green lands
and forests. Usually in southern Ontario, Canada, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, New England, and Florida. Their habitat is beautiful. |
| The tiger swallowtail
butterfly's first meal is its own egg shell. The tiger swallowtail
eats paw paw leaves and they also sip liquid from flowers. They sip
liquid with a long tongue. |
| The life cycle of this
butterfly has three steps in it. At first it is hard to believe but
the butterfly starts out as a tiny white egg. The second stage is the
larva.( another name for a caterpillar) This larva is quite small but
fat. After a while the larva will crawl to a branch and make a
chrysalis. In a few weeks an adult butterfly will emerge from its
cocoon and fly. |
| The butterfly protects its
self by giving off a nasty sent that will keep its enemies from eating
it and those enemies will walk off hungry. |
| Believe it or not this
butterfly does not have a jaw. In fact they don't need one. They don't
chew like we do. |
| The one weird thing about
the butterfly is that its tongue rolls up when their done using
it. |
| The tiger swallowtail
butterfly is not poisonous butterflies.
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