{"id":4924,"date":"2022-03-09T19:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T19:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabg.com\/?page_id=4924"},"modified":"2023-08-06T21:48:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T21:48:22","slug":"more-about-butterflies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dabg.com\/index.php\/butterfly-house\/more-about-butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"More about Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dabg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DABG-WingsofWonder-3w.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5299 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dabg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DABG-WingsofWonder-3w.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.dabg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DABG-WingsofWonder-3w-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dabg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DABG-WingsofWonder-3w-768x691.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-text-color has-background has-large-font-size\"><strong>MORE ABOUT BUTTERFLIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\" id=\"info-photographs-on-this-page-by-butterfliesathome-com\">Info &amp; photographs on this page by ButterfliesAtHome.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>It is estimated that there are about 20,000 species of butterflies in the world. In North America, there are 725 species (north of Mexico), with about 575 of these occurring regularly in the lower 48 states of the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-block-heading\" id=\"butterfly-life-cycle\">Butterfly Life Cycle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The life cycle consists of four stages:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Egg<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; A butterfly starts life as a very small, round, oval or cylindrical egg laid on the leaf of a &#8220;host plant&#8221;<\/li><li><strong>Larva&nbsp;<\/strong>(caterpillar) &#8211; once the egg hatches, the larva eats the host plant on which it was placed. As the larva grows, they &#8220;molt&#8221; several times, becoming larger through each step, or &#8220;instar&#8221;.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butterfliesathome.com\/common-caterpillars.htm\">Common caterpillars<\/a><\/li><li><strong>Pupa<\/strong>&nbsp;(chrysalis) &#8211; as the larva reaches its full size, it transforms itself into a sack in which it will make the final transformation into an adult.<\/li><li><strong>Adult butterfly<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">After mating, the female butterfly lays small round or oval eggs on a \u201chost\u201d plant as shown below. Butterflies lay their eggs on plants that will be eaten by the caterpillar when it hatches&nbsp;from its egg. For example, the Monarch butterfly lays her eggs&nbsp;on Milkweed, while the Black Swallowtail will&nbsp;usually lay eggs on dill or fennel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\">Monarch Butterflies can produce four generations during one summer.  The first three live about one month each.  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