Printable Butterfly Mask

5 Interesting Facts About Butterflies!

• Butterflies taste with their feet - they have taste sensors on their legs so they can tell if a leaf is good to eat just by standing on it.
• A butterfly's wings are actually transparent - the beautiful colours come from thousands of tiny scales that reflect light. If the scales rub off, the wings look clear.
• The monarch butterfly migrates up to 4,800km from Canada to Mexico every year - one of the longest insect migrations in the world, and they've never made the journey before!
• Butterflies can only fly if their body temperature is above 30°C - on cool days you'll often see them basking in the sun with wings spread to warm up before flying.
• The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly inside the chrysalis is extraordinary - the caterpillar essentially dissolves into a soup of cells that then reorganise into a completely different creature.