Did you Know?

Jellyfish don't have hearts or brains.

Butterfly Week!

Thank you to all who voted on the Animal of the Week poll!
Check back for more facts about wildlife and more polls to vote on!

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Invisible Butterfly?

The Glasswing butterfly has clear wings, for the most part. It lives deep in the jungle where it flies low and is hard to see. It's poisonous to eat them, but not to touch them.

Did you Know?

The biggest butterfly in the world is the Queen Alexandra butterfly. It's wing-span is 11 inches across. That's the size of a robin! Sometimes it is called the Bird-wing butterfly because it's so big.

But the smallest butterfly is the Western pygmy blue butterfly. It's a half an inch across, no wider than a thumbnail!


Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly
 
Western Pygmy Blue butterfly

Butterflies and Moths

A common question asked about butterflies is how to tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth. Butterflies are out in day-time, moths come out at night. Most butterflies are brightly colored, most moths are dull and colorless. Butterflies rest with their wings up, moths rest with their wings down flat.

But a few things they have in common are

• They both have four wings (two on each side)
• They are both insects (six legs)
•  Both form a chrysalis to change from larva to adult

Animal of the Week!

This weeks Animal of the Week is Butterflies!

Animal of the Week

So far it's a tie between Butterflys and Jellyfish! Come vote on the Animal of the Week at  http://haileewildliferesearch.blogspot.com/

Did you Know?

Monarch butterflies make a journey of up to 3,000 miles each fall from their homes in Canada and the U.S to Mexico and California.