http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/paintedlady.shtml http://www.naturemuseum.org/online/thebutterflylab/fieldguide/native.html#buckeye http://www.tnwatchablewildlife.org/search.cfm Telling the difference between butterflies and moths.many interesting differences and facts. http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/butterflymoth.

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Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) What do they look like? In the Chicago area, these large swallowtails are first seen in April and early May. A second generation begins emerging from chrysalides in mid-June and a third generation may emerge in August or September. Black Swallowtails are attracted to butterfly gardens with fennel or dill plants. Where do they live? - Illinois State Map - National Map Their range extends from southern Canada to northern Mexico. They are found in Arizona, New Black Swallowtail Butterfly Mexico, and the eastern half of the United States. Black Swallowtails over-winter in the chrysalis stage. What do they eat?

Black Swallowtail Chrysalis

Black Swallowtail Caterpillars eat Golden Alexanders(above), Wild Carrots, Celery, Parsley and Dill. What is their habitat? Black Swallowtails like sunny places with weeds and flowers, and can be found in gardens, vacant lots, old fields, pastures and marshes. They thrive in cities and suburbs due to the abdundance of Queen Anne's Lace. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

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Buckeye (Junonia coenia) Where do they live? - National Map Buckeye's year-round range includes Mexico, the Caribbean and extreme southern parts of the US. During Warmer months, Buckeyes migrate northward to the midwest, sometimes as far as southern Canada. What do they eat?

What do they look like?

Buckeye Butterfly

Buckeye Caterpillars eat Plantain(above), Snapdragon and Toadflax. What is their habitat? Buckeyes prefer fields, dunes and other open areas with flowers, especially where the vegetation is short. Buckeye Chrysalis

Buckeye Caterpillar

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) What do they look like? Painted Ladies are found year-round in the deserts of the southwest. They migrate into the Midwest and northeastern states each spring and return to the southwest before winter. In some years 1992 was one example they may multiply rapidly across the entire continent in a population explosion. Where do they live? - National Map They are found on every continent except Antarctica and Australia. In North America, they live yearround in Mexico, but migrate north each year across the continent, all the way to the Artic circle. What do they eat? Painted Lady Butterfly

Painted Lady Caterpillars eat Thistle(above), Mallow, Hollyhock and related plants. These plants are referred to as the Painted Ladys' Host Plants. What is their habitat? Painted Ladies are found just about anywhere that thistles grow.

Painted Lady Chrysalis

Painted Lady Caterpillar

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) What do they look like? Cabbage Whites are imports from Europe. They first appeared in Canada in 1860 and have since spread as far as south Texas. They can be seen just about anywhere from March to November. Several generations are produced each year. Where do they live? - National Map The Cabbage White ranges from central Canada as far as Texas and northwest Mexico. Individuals over-winter in the chrysalis stage. Cabbage White Butterfly The sex of cabbage butterflies can be readily determined. In addition to the dark spot at the outer "corner" of the forewing, upper (dorsal) side, females have two dark spots mid-wing, one above the other; males have only one. So right away you can study the proportion of females versus males over the season. Cabbage White Caterpillar What do they eat?
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Cabbage White caterpillar's eat: Cabbage(above), Radish, Mustard, Peppergrass, and related plants. The

Chrysalis for Cabbage White - caterpillar is often considered an agricultural pest. Because it eats what we LIKE!!

What is their habitat? Weedy habitats like vacant lots, power line right of ways and roadsides as well as in marches and gardens where theres food.

Underside wing looks entirely different!

Gulf Fritillaries - caterpillars eat passion

vines One of our STATE flowers. This is what

holds the vine to other plants. Here is a Fritillary Caterpillar eating a leaf.

caterpillar eating the passion flower vine leaves!

This is what grabs onto the plant and allows the vine to climb up!

Here is what the flower, fruit and leaves look like.

Here is what the seeds look like inside.

Sulphur Butterfly

Sulpher larvae on the left ate the leaves --- the one on the right ate the yellow flowers.. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT? How could you test this hypothesis? Monarch (Danaus plexippus) One of the most familiar North American butterflies, the Monarch is distinctive for it's striking colors and as a study in butterfly biology. The caterpillars What do they look like?

accumulate toxins from the steady milkweed diet which makes this animal poisonous to predators especially birds. Birds apparently learn to avoid eating monarchs and other butterflies, like Viceroys, that look like Monarchs. Where do they live? - Illinois State Map - National Map Monarchs range across North America coast to coast and up into southern Canada during the summer. Every autumn, millions of Monarchs migrate south and west to central California and central Mexico. Monarchs are also found year-round in Central America. What do they eat?

Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Chrysalis & Caterpillar Monarch Caterpillars eat Milkweed(above) it is therefore referred to as the Monarch's Host Plant. What is their habitat? Monarchs will inhabit almost any sunny place with flowers, including parks, gardens or praires.
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