Painted Painted Lady Lady

ButterflyButterflyGenus: VanessaGenus: VanessaSpecies: carduiSpecies: cardui

SunflowerGenus: Helianthus

Species: annus

Food Chain

Food Web

Life CycleH

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Fun Facts

BibliographyBibliography

Http://www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/Http://www.earthsbirthday.org/butterflies/activitykit/2.htmlactivitykit/2.html

www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us.4th.kkhp/www.ivyhall.district96.k12.il.us.4th.kkhp/insects/paintedlady.htmlinsects/paintedlady.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/paintedlady.shtmlpaintedlady.shtml

HabitatHabitat

Painted Lady Butterflies live in gardens, Painted Lady Butterflies live in gardens, fields, and dunes. They especially like to fields, and dunes. They especially like to live in sunny places that our nice and live in sunny places that our nice and warm!warm!

Sunflowers live in fields, prairies, Sunflowers live in fields, prairies, roadsides.roadsides.

Food ChainFood Chain

Aster, cosmos, thistle, buttonbush, mallow, hollyhock, malva, and SUNFLOWER.

Painted Lady Butterfly

Bugs, ants, birds, lizards, frogs, and spiders.

Food WebFood Web

EGGS

BUGS

CATERPILLAR

ANTS, BIDS, AND LIZARDS

DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORS:

SHORT SPINECHRYSALIS

BIRDS AND LIZADS

DEFENSE AGAINST

PREDATORS

SHAKING

BUTTERFLY

BIRDS, SPIDERS, FROGS, AND LIZARD.

DEFENSE AGAINST PREDATORS

GOOD EYES,

CAMOUFLAGE

Fun FactsFun Facts

Painted Ladies are solar-powered They need the sun to fly!Painted Ladies are solar-powered They need the sun to fly! Painted Lady Butterflies are diurnal which means active during the Painted Lady Butterflies are diurnal which means active during the

day.day. There are 125,000 kinds of butterflies in the world.There are 125,000 kinds of butterflies in the world.Sunflowers bloom in June- November.Sunflowers bloom in June- November.Sunflowers grow up to 12 feet. [2-12ft.]Sunflowers grow up to 12 feet. [2-12ft.]If you want to find the Sunflower look for yellow ray flowers. If you want to find the Sunflower look for yellow ray flowers.

Branching stems and sharp, bristly hairs on all green parts.Branching stems and sharp, bristly hairs on all green parts.

AdaptationAdaptation

Painted Ladies adapt to their Painted Ladies adapt to their environment by camouflaging with it’s environment by camouflaging with it’s environment.environment.

When the Painted Lady Butterfly is a in When the Painted Lady Butterfly is a in chrysalis, it shakes.chrysalis, it shakes.

Life CycleLife Cycle

Eggs

Larva comes out

The chrysalis

Butterfly