Introduction

There are over 20,000 different species of butterflies in the World and over 130,000 different species of moths!

Butterflies are very helpful to the environment, because they help pollinate many flowers and caterpillars are a main food source for birds.
Butterflies have a very interesting life cycle.

They first start out as tiny eggs, laid on a leaf.

Next, they hatch as a caterpillar. They don't stay caterpillars for very long and all they do is eat.

Third, after the caterpillar is as big as it can be, it forms a chrysalis around its self. Inside it begins changing into a butterfly.

The last stage is when the butterfly breaks out of the chrysalis and can begin flying, pollinating, and mating.