Enligh Facts
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Did you know?
- The Monarch butterfly is a cold-blooded insect and relies on the sun to warm its body in order to travel the many miles ahead of it. Each morning you can find a butterfly quietly basking in the sun.
- Butterflies begin their life as very tiny eggs. Growing into caterpillars, they start their transformation forming a chrysalis with their body. While it appears to be a restful time period in the cocoon, there is a lot going on. Juices inside the caterpillar are used to break down the body and change it into a beautiful butterfly. This process takes anywhere from 2 weeks to several months depending on the species.
- Monarch butterflies are poisonous. They won’t harm humans, but the chemicals from the milkweed plant that they eat when they are in the larvae stage builds up inside of them and gives them a poisonous defense against predators like frogs, birds, mice and lizards.
- In ancient Greek, “psyche” means both “butterfly” and “soul”. This is symbolic of the earthly body eventually growing into something much greater.
