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Painted Lady Butterfly

In general, the Painted Lady is a large butterfly (wing span 5–9 cm (2.0–3.5 in) identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some.

Fun Facts about Butterflies and Painted Lady Butterflies

•  There are about 125,000 known species of butterflies and moths in the world—approximately 700 species of butterflies in North America alone!

•  Butterflies are solar-powered! They need the sun to fly.

•  Male Painted Ladies have smaller abdomens than females.

 

•  Favorite butterfly flowers—aster, cosmos, thistle and buttonbush

•  Favorite caterpillar plants—thistle, mallow, hollyhock, malva and sunflower

•  Butterflies are diurnal (active during the day).

•  Painted Lady Butterflies see a wider range of color and more shades of green than people do.

•  The tiny scales attached to butterfly wings give the wings their color.

•  Butterflies have taste sensors on their legs!

In the United States, the painted lady is also called “thistle butterfly” and “cosmopolitan butterfly.” 

The lifecycle of a Painted Lady Butterfly has four stages and takes approximately 21 days. But what happens in 21 days is a complete makeover! From an egg laid on a leaf, to hatching as a tiny caterpillar that grows, eats and grows some more, to wrapping itself into a chrysalis and finally emerging as a butterfly that dries its wings in the sun before flying away on a breeze. It’s amazing! 

Spring Break Homework Reminder

Don't forget to fill out your Reading Logs during the break!


I look forward to reading your Spring Break Journals too!


Remember you need to write about 5 things you do during Spring Break in your journal.....

• write lots of details
• spelling doesn't count
• use the 5 W's + H (who, what, when, where, why and how)
• draw pictures or use photographs

Your Spring Break Journal is due on Monday, March 21st.


Enjoy your break!!!!

College Awareness Week

Where Will You Go .......

March 7 through 11 is College Week!  This is a wonderful opportunity for parents, teachers, and our community to show our students that college is an important goal for everyone.  College Week is one part of MISD’s FutureQuest initiative designed to create a college-bound culture so that all of our students have the option to choose their future path whether it be a university, a community college, a trade or technical school, or the military. 


If you know where you want to go to college, post it here as a comment!