Brookgreen and Butterflies!

Can you pick out the butterfly design in  our featured image? In 1931, Anna Hyatt Huntington designed the garden in the shape of a butterfly. 

Butterfly Facts:

• Butterflies are insects.
• Butterflies flap their wings about 5 times every second.
• Butterflies taste their food with their front feet.
• Butterflies have many different sizes and colors. The smallest butterfly is only about 1/8 of an inch, whereas the largest butterfly is nearly 12 inches.
• Butterflies are born as a crawling 'caterpillar'. 
• There are four lifecycle phases to a butterfly: egg, larva (known as a caterpillar),  pupa (known as a chrysalis), and adult (known as a butterfly).
• Butterflies are able to see the colors green, red, and yellow. This is useful for them when finding flowers.
• A majority of butterflies eat the nectar inside of flowers.
• Butterflies, like many insects have their skeletons on the outside of their body. This is called 'exoskeleton' and protects their inner bodies so the moisture doesn't dry out.
• When you look at a butterfly you might think it only has two wings, but it actually has four wings.
• The wing of a butterfly is very colorful. The wings are actually made up of very tiny scales.
• The highest speed of a butterfly is 12 miles per hour. 
• Temperature is important to a butterfly, as they do not have the ability to fly if their body temperature reduces below 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
• The South Carolina State Butterfly is the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. 

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Make a Butterfly Collage 

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1. Cut out butterfly shape.
2. Glue small pieces of colorful paper on your butterfly.