flowers produce new seeds

which in turn become new plants

stage of what will become a butterfly

bottom of the food chain

so females can blend in with their environment of hide

so other butterflies can tell which type females are

so bees will let females get to the best flowers.

so other animals know females taste bad.

"For one thing, butterflies carry pollen from plant to plant."

"This means they provide food for many other types of animals."

"Each is a bit different from the other."

"This helps to protect them from predators while laying their eggs."

a process moving from one stage of life to another

the act of traveling from plant to plant

the kind of flowers that butterflies prefer to carry pollen to

a type of butterfly with blue wings.

"Tropical butterflies also live the longest..."

"Twenty thousand species of butterflies..."

"...fluttering and soaring butterflies..."

"...a butterfly changes from a sluggish caterpillar..."

People have studied butterflies for years, but now they study them differently. Most people prefer to film butterflies instead of catching them.

People enjoy looking at butterflies, but there is more to butterflies than their beauty. They are amazing insects that serve a purpose.

Butterflies are known for their wings, but they have other forms too. Butterflies start as eggs and then turn into caterpillars.

Butterflies live in many areas, but they prefer warm areas. They live longer in warm areas.

"But many people do not realize that they do much more than simply make the world a prettier place."

"That's because in the tropics, there always plenty of plants for the caterpillars to eat and many blossoms to produce nectar for the butterflies."

"Today many people "hunt" butterflies with cameras so they can "capture" them on film instead of catching them.

"Before shedding its skin for the last time, the caterpillar attaches itself to a stem by spinning a silk "button."