Butterflies of Lenoir County

Butterflies of Lenoir County

By Mrs. Arthur’s First Grade Class 2009-2010

Beecham

They eat Japanese honey suckle, jewel weed, and pepperbush.

They live in swamps. The wing span is 3-4 inches. The colors are blue, black, orange, and yellow.

The website I used is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Brycon

The Viceroy lives in wet meadows.

It eats nectar from aster, goldenrod, and joe-pye weed. Its wingspan is 2 1/2-3 3/8 inches. It is white, orange and black. I got my information from www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Devon

The butterfly eats rotting fruit and tree sap. Its wingspan is 1 3/4 - 2 1/2 inches. Its colors are brownish orange with pale spots and black spots. The website is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Dezarai

It lives in yards, parks, and fields. It drinks sap and nectar from aster and red clover plants. My butterfly’s wingspan is1 3/4 – 3 inches. It is black, orange, and white. The website is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Eduardo

It lives in fields, gardens, parks. It eats nectar from the wild morning glory and hibicus plants. Its th wingspan id 2 Âź to 3 1/8 inches.

My butterfly is yellow. I researched butterflies at www.butterfliesdmonths.org.

Holly

My butterfly lives in the meadow.

Its wingspan is 1 1\4\- 1 1\2 inches. The color is white and black. The website address that I used is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Jakarrie

It lives in the meadows and eats nectar from the milkweed. Its wing span is1 3\4 – 2 5/8 inches. The color is red, tan, brown, and purple. The web site I used is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Jamir

It lives in meadows and fields. It eats nectar from lilacs, red clover, lantana, and thistle. Its wing span is 3 3/8-4 7/8 inches. The color is orange, black, and white. I got information from www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Jason

My butterfly lives in meadows and fields. It drinks nectar from the dandelion, milkweed and goldenrod. Its wingspan is 1 3/8-2 3/4 inches. The colors are yellow with a black spot. Website is wwwbutterfly.com.

Jesus

My butterfly lives in meadows and fields. It eats nectar from the dogbane, swamp milkweed, shepherd’s needle asters and watercress. The butterfly’s size is 1 1/4 – 1 3/4 inches. The color of the butterfly is orange and black. The website that I used www.butterflyiesandmoths.org.

Kamryn H

My butterfly lives in gardens fields.

It eats nectar from sweet pepperbush. The sizes are 1 1/4-1 1/2 inches. The butterfly is yellow and black. I used wwwbutterfliesandmoths.org for research.

Kamryn S

My butterfly lives in gardens. My butterfly drinks flower nectar. Its wingspan is 15/16-11/8 inches. My butterfly colors are white with small black dots. The information came from www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Kassidy

The butterfly has orange, red, black, brown and white colors. My butterfly’s name is Question Mark.

The size of my butterfly is 2 1/4-3 inches lon g It is rotting fruit, tree sap, dung and carrion.The website is www.butterfliesandmoths.org

Kaylie

My butterfly lives near rocks and forests. My butterfly drinks nectar from a flower. The size is 4 1/2-5 1/8 inches. My butterfly’s colors are yellow and black. The website is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Luis

It lives in the forest pastures city gardens. It eat nectar from lantana, shepherd is needle, and cordias. The size of a butterfly’s wing span is 2 1/2 to 3 3/4. The colors are orange and black. I used the website www.butterflysliesmoth

Madison

My butterfly lives in forests and fields. It eats nectar from sunflowers, sumac, sweet pepperbush, milkweed and dogbane. The size of it is 7/8-1 1/4 inches. The colors are orange, brown, gray brown, and blue. The website is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Michael

The Common Buckeye lives in open, sunny areas. It drinks nectar from the aster, chickory, and tickseed sunflower. My butterfly’s wingspan is 1 5/8-2 3/4 inches. The colors are brown and orange. My information came from the website www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Michaela

They live in foothills, open woods, prairies, and water ways. They are 1 3/4 – 2 5/8 inches. The colors are black, brown, white, and gold. It eats nectar from blue, red, and pink flowers. I got my research from www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Shane

It lives in weedy areas and any type of open space. It eats red clover and mustards. Its wing span is 1 3/4-2 1/4 inches. The color is black and white. The website I used is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Tazzier

My butterfly lives in gardens, meadows and fields. It eats nectar from goldenrods and asters. Its wingspan is 11/4-1 3/ 4 inches. Its colors are yellow with white and black. The website is www.butterfliesandmothsorg .

Thomas

They eat nectar from wild cherry and lilac.

They live in valleys, rivers, and parks. The wing span 35/8-61/2.The colors are yellow, black, orange and blue.

The website I used is www.butterfliesandmoths.org.

Vraj ‘

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He lives in the gardens and fields.

He eats nectar from shepherd’s needle. The size is 1 3/8 – 2 1/4 inches. The colors are orange, yellow and black. I researched at www.butterfliesandmoths.org.